diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index d1cbb44..b75c67a 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ The
 .Fl n
 option suppresses this behavior and causes the time to be set only on the
 current machine.
+.It Fl R
+Use RFC 2822 date and time output format. This is equivalent to use
+.Dq Li %a, %d %b %Y \&%T %z
+as
+.Ar output_fmt .
 .It Fl r Ar seconds
 Print the date and time represented by
 .Ar seconds ,
diff --git a/bin/date/date.c b/bin/date/date.c
index 58a9afb..031ebed 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.c
+++ b/bin/date/date.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct timezone tz;
 	int ch, rflag;
-	int jflag, nflag;
+	int jflag, nflag, Rflag;
 	const char *format;
 	char buf[1024];
 	char *endptr, *fmt;
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	(void) setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
 	tz.tz_dsttime = tz.tz_minuteswest = 0;
 	rflag = 0;
-	jflag = nflag = 0;
+	jflag = nflag = Rflag = 0;
 	set_timezone = 0;
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:f:jnr:t:uv:")) != -1)
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:f:jnRr:t:uv:")) != -1)
 		switch((char)ch) {
 		case 'd':		/* daylight savings time */
 			tz.tz_dsttime = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 10) ? 1 : 0;
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'n':		/* don't set network */
 			nflag = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'R':		/* RFC 2822 datetime format */
+			Rflag = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'r':		/* user specified seconds */
 			rflag = 1;
 			tval = strtoq(optarg, &tmp, 0);
@@ -145,6 +148,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	format = "%+";
 
+	if (Rflag)
+		format = "%a, %d %b %Y %T %z";
+
 	/* allow the operands in any order */
 	if (*argv && **argv == '+') {
 		format = *argv + 1;
@@ -301,7 +307,7 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 	(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
-	    "usage: date [-jnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] "
+	    "usage: date [-jnRu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] "
 	    "[-v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ... ",
 	    "            "
 	    "[-f fmt date | [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]HH]MM[.ss]] [+format]");