diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/directory.h b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/directory.h
index a71c1fca9e..eefbf8edab 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/directory.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/directory.h
@@ -114,6 +114,17 @@ class Lx_fs::Directory : public Node
 			closedir(_fd);
 		}
 
+		void update_modification_time(Timestamp const time) override
+		{
+			struct timespec ts[2] = {
+				{ .tv_sec = (time_t)0,          .tv_nsec = 0 },
+				{ .tv_sec = (time_t)time.value, .tv_nsec = 0 }
+			};
+
+			/* silently ignore errors */
+			futimens(dirfd(_fd), (const timespec*)&ts);
+		}
+
 		void rename(Directory &dir_to, char const *name_from, char const *name_to)
 		{
 			int ret = renameat(dirfd(_fd), name_from,
@@ -217,10 +228,17 @@ class Lx_fs::Directory : public Node
 
 		Status status() override
 		{
+			struct stat st;
+
+			int fd = dirfd(_fd);
+			if (fd == -1 || fstat(fd, &st) < 0)
+				st.st_mtime = 0;
+
 			Status s;
 			s.inode = inode();
 			s.size = _num_entries() * sizeof(File_system::Directory_entry);
 			s.mode = File_system::Status::MODE_DIRECTORY;
+			s.modification_time = { st.st_mtime };
 			return s;
 		}
 };
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/file.h b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/file.h
index 0e4921a475..db33dd1430 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/file.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/file.h
@@ -82,16 +82,6 @@ class Lx_fs::File : public Node
 			return fd;
 		}
 
-		file_size_t _length() const
-		{
-			struct stat s;
-
-			if (fstat(_fd, &s) < 0)
-				return 0;
-
-			return s.st_size;
-		}
-
 	public:
 
 		File(int         dir,
@@ -118,6 +108,17 @@ class Lx_fs::File : public Node
 			close(_fd);
 		}
 
+		void update_modification_time(Timestamp const time) override
+		{
+			struct timespec ts[2] = {
+				{ .tv_sec = (time_t)0,          .tv_nsec = 0 },
+				{ .tv_sec = (time_t)time.value, .tv_nsec = 0 }
+			};
+
+			/* silently ignore errors */
+			futimens(_fd, (const timespec*)&ts);
+		}
+
 		size_t read(char *dst, size_t len, seek_off_t seek_offset) override
 		{
 			int ret = pread(_fd, dst, len, seek_offset);
@@ -142,10 +143,18 @@ class Lx_fs::File : public Node
 
 		Status status() override
 		{
+			struct stat st;
+
+			if (fstat(_fd, &st) < 0) {
+				st.st_size  = 0;
+				st.st_mtime = 0;
+			}
+
 			Status s;
 			s.inode = inode();
-			s.size = _length();
+			s.size = st.st_size;
 			s.mode = File_system::Status::MODE_FILE;
+			s.modification_time = { st.st_mtime };
 			return s;
 		}
 
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/main.cc b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/main.cc
index 77ac945a45..6c0373a583 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/main.cc
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ class Lx_fs::Session_component : public Session_rpc_object
 				}
 				break;
 
+			case Packet_descriptor::WRITE_TIMESTAMP:
+				if (tx_sink()->packet_valid(packet) && (packet.length() <= packet.size())) {
+
+					packet.with_timestamp([&] (File_system::Timestamp const time) {
+						open_node.node().update_modification_time(time);
+						succeeded = true;
+					});
+				}
+				break;
+
 			case Packet_descriptor::CONTENT_CHANGED:
 				open_node.register_notify(*tx_sink());
 				/* notify_listeners may bounce the packet back*/
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/node.h b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/node.h
index cacc610da8..61e28f5913 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/node.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/lx_fs/node.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class Lx_fs::Node : public File_system::Node_base
 		 */
 		void name(char const *name) { Genode::strncpy(_name, name, sizeof(_name)); }
 
+		virtual void update_modification_time(Timestamp const) = 0;
+
 		virtual size_t read(char *dst, size_t len, seek_off_t) = 0;
 		virtual size_t write(char const *src, size_t len, seek_off_t) = 0;