diff --git a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.ts b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.ts
index d74795847..da00d7223 100644
--- a/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/private/me/history/history.controller.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class HistoryController {
           note,
           user,
           historyEntry.pinStatus,
+          historyEntry.lastVisited,
         );
       }
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/history/history-entry-import.dto.ts b/src/history/history-entry-import.dto.ts
index edc8b7c1e..7e258c7f6 100644
--- a/src/history/history-entry-import.dto.ts
+++ b/src/history/history-entry-import.dto.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
 
-import { IsBoolean, IsString } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsBoolean, IsDate, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class HistoryEntryImportDto {
   /**
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ export class HistoryEntryImportDto {
    */
   @IsBoolean()
   pinStatus: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Datestring of the last time this note was updated
+   * @example "2020-12-01 12:23:34"
+   */
+  @IsDate()
+  lastVisited: Date;
 }
diff --git a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
index f823b8400..206b40d14 100644
--- a/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/history/history.service.spec.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
       const user = {} as User;
       const alias = 'alias';
       const pinStatus = true;
-      it('without an preexisting entry and without pinStatus', async () => {
+      const lastVisited = new Date('2020-12-01 12:23:34');
+      const historyEntry = HistoryEntry.create(user, Note.create(user, alias));
+      it('without an preexisting entry, without pinStatus and without lastVisited', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
         jest
           .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
         expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(false);
       });
 
-      it('without an preexisting entry and with pinStatus', async () => {
+      it('without an preexisting entry, with pinStatus and without lastVisited', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
         jest
           .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
@@ -187,11 +189,47 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
         expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(pinStatus);
       });
 
-      it('with an preexisting entry and without pinStatus', async () => {
-        const historyEntry = HistoryEntry.create(
-          user,
+      it('without an preexisting entry, without pinStatus and with lastVisited', async () => {
+        jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+        jest
+          .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
+          .mockImplementation(
+            async (entry: HistoryEntry): Promise<HistoryEntry> => entry,
+          );
+        const createHistoryEntry = await service.createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(
           Note.create(user, alias),
+          user,
+          undefined,
+          lastVisited,
         );
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.alias).toEqual(alias);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.owner).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.user).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(false);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.updatedAt).toEqual(lastVisited);
+      });
+
+      it('without an preexisting entry, with pinStatus and with lastVisited', async () => {
+        jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+        jest
+          .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
+          .mockImplementation(
+            async (entry: HistoryEntry): Promise<HistoryEntry> => entry,
+          );
+        const createHistoryEntry = await service.createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(
+          Note.create(user, alias),
+          user,
+          pinStatus,
+          lastVisited,
+        );
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.alias).toEqual(alias);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.owner).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.user).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(pinStatus);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.updatedAt).toEqual(lastVisited);
+      });
+
+      it('with an preexisting entry, without pinStatus and without lastVisited', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(historyEntry);
         jest
           .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
@@ -211,12 +249,7 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
         );
       });
 
-      it('with an preexisting entry and with pinStatus', async () => {
-        const historyEntry = HistoryEntry.create(
-          user,
-          Note.create(user, alias),
-          pinStatus,
-        );
+      it('with an preexisting entry, with pinStatus and without lastVisited', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(historyEntry);
         jest
           .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
@@ -231,11 +264,51 @@ describe('HistoryService', () => {
         expect(createHistoryEntry.note.alias).toEqual(alias);
         expect(createHistoryEntry.note.owner).toEqual(user);
         expect(createHistoryEntry.user).toEqual(user);
-        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(pinStatus);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).not.toEqual(pinStatus);
         expect(createHistoryEntry.updatedAt.getTime()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(
           historyEntry.updatedAt.getTime(),
         );
       });
+
+      it('with an preexisting entry, without pinStatus and with lastVisited', async () => {
+        jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(historyEntry);
+        jest
+          .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
+          .mockImplementation(
+            async (entry: HistoryEntry): Promise<HistoryEntry> => entry,
+          );
+        const createHistoryEntry = await service.createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(
+          Note.create(user, alias),
+          user,
+          undefined,
+          lastVisited,
+        );
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.alias).toEqual(alias);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.owner).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.user).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).toEqual(false);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.updatedAt).not.toEqual(lastVisited);
+      });
+
+      it('with an preexisting entry, with pinStatus and with lastVisited', async () => {
+        jest.spyOn(historyRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(historyEntry);
+        jest
+          .spyOn(historyRepo, 'save')
+          .mockImplementation(
+            async (entry: HistoryEntry): Promise<HistoryEntry> => entry,
+          );
+        const createHistoryEntry = await service.createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(
+          Note.create(user, alias),
+          user,
+          pinStatus,
+          lastVisited,
+        );
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.alias).toEqual(alias);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.note.owner).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.user).toEqual(user);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.pinStatus).not.toEqual(pinStatus);
+        expect(createHistoryEntry.updatedAt).not.toEqual(lastVisited);
+      });
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/history/history.service.ts b/src/history/history.service.ts
index de4ad0264..276af8190 100644
--- a/src/history/history.service.ts
+++ b/src/history/history.service.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,14 @@ export class HistoryService {
    * @param {Note} note - the note that the history entry belongs to
    * @param {User} user - the user that the history entry belongs to
    * @param {boolean} pinStatus - if the pinStatus of the history entry should be set
+   * @param {Date} lastVisited - the last time the associated note was accessed
    * @return {HistoryEntry} the requested history entry
    */
   async createOrUpdateHistoryEntry(
     note: Note,
     user: User,
     pinStatus?: boolean,
+    lastVisited?: Date,
   ): Promise<HistoryEntry> {
     let entry = await this.getEntryByNote(note, user);
     if (!entry) {
@@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ export class HistoryService {
       if (pinStatus !== undefined) {
         entry.pinStatus = pinStatus;
       }
+      if (lastVisited !== undefined) {
+        entry.updatedAt = lastVisited;
+      }
     } else {
       entry.updatedAt = new Date();
     }
diff --git a/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts b/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
index 3dbf1db90..8f9262101 100644
--- a/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/private-api/history.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ describe('History', () => {
   });
 
   it('POST /me/history', async () => {
+    expect((await historyService.getEntriesByUser(user)).length).toEqual(1);
     const pinStatus = true;
+    const lastVisited = new Date('2020-12-01 12:23:34');
     const postEntryDto = new HistoryEntryImportDto();
     postEntryDto.note = note2.alias;
     postEntryDto.pinStatus = pinStatus;
+    postEntryDto.lastVisited = lastVisited;
     await request(app.getHttpServer())
       .post('/me/history')
       .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ describe('History', () => {
     expect(userEntries[0].note.alias).toEqual(note2.alias);
     expect(userEntries[0].user.userName).toEqual(user.userName);
     expect(userEntries[0].pinStatus).toEqual(pinStatus);
+    expect(userEntries[0].updatedAt).toEqual(lastVisited);
   });
 
   it('DELETE /me/history', async () => {