diff --git a/check_updates.sh b/check_updates.sh
index f4be821..1d4b9df 100755
--- a/check_updates.sh
+++ b/check_updates.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ if [ "$(grep '\[ebuild     U' ${TMP_FILE})" != '' ]; then
 	echo "Subject: $(hostname -f):$(grep Total: ${TMP_FILE} \
 		| cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ')' -f 1))" >> ${MAIL}
 	echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" >> ${MAIL}
+	echo "Date: $(date --rfc-email)" >> ${MAIL}
+	printf "\n" >> ${MAIL}
 	cat ${TMP_FILE} >> ${MAIL}
 
 	if [ "$(lsof -n | awk '{ if ($5 == "DEL") print $9 }' | sort -u)" ]; then