diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 6403e660..1b646331 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Feature release.
 - Local: Skip hidden directories directly in ``media_dir``.
   (Fixes: :issue:`1559`, PR: :issue:`1555`)
 
+- Audio: The scanner set the date to :attr:`mopidy.models.Track.date` and
+  :attr:`mopidy.models.Album.date`
+  (Fixes: :issue:`1741`)
 
 v2.0.1 (2016-08-16)
 ===================
diff --git a/mopidy/audio/tags.py b/mopidy/audio/tags.py
index e4d86dc7..1d7ce408 100644
--- a/mopidy/audio/tags.py
+++ b/mopidy/audio/tags.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def convert_tags_to_track(tags):
         datetime = tags.get(Gst.TAG_DATE_TIME, [None])[0]
         if datetime is not None:
             album_kwargs['date'] = datetime.split('T')[0]
+    track_kwargs['date'] = album_kwargs['date']
 
     # Clear out any empty values we found
     track_kwargs = {k: v for k, v in track_kwargs.items() if v}
diff --git a/tests/audio/test_tags.py b/tests/audio/test_tags.py
index d85bcc12..d4bed7c5 100644
--- a/tests/audio/test_tags.py
+++ b/tests/audio/test_tags.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class TagsToTrackTest(unittest.TestCase):
                       num_tracks=2, num_discs=3,
                       musicbrainz_id='albumid', artists=[albumartist])
 
-        self.track = Track(name='track',
+        self.track = Track(name='track', date='2006-01-01',
                            genre='genre', track_no=1, disc_no=2,
                            comment='comment', musicbrainz_id='trackid',
                            album=album, bitrate=1000, artists=[artist],
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ class TagsToTrackTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_missing_track_date(self):
         del self.tags['date']
-        self.check(
-            self.track.replace(album=self.track.album.replace(date=None)))
+        self.check(self.track.replace(
+            album=self.track.album.replace(date=None),
+            date=None))
 
     def test_multiple_track_date(self):
         self.tags['date'].append('2030-01-01')