diff --git a/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js b/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
index 927ca456e..f1fe09f95 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/telepathyClient.js
@@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ const ChatNotification = new Lang.Class({
                        styles: styles,
                        timestamp: message.timestamp,
                        noTimestamp: noTimestamp });
+        this.update(this.title, this.bannerBodyText,
+                    { datetime: GLib.DateTime.new_from_unix_local (message.timestamp) });
     },
 
     _filterMessages: function() {