diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index ee0c1e978..9a95ccb64 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Other changes:
  * added Orion support to ejbjar
    Github Pull Request #33
 
+ * Bugzilla Report 58589 - SCP task, when configured to use SFTP
+   protocol, now preserves last modified timestamp on files that
+   it uploads, if the preserveLastModified attribute is set to
+   true for that task 
+
 Changes from Ant 1.10.0 TO Ant 1.10.1
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
index e68f38d0f..71ea26d33 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/Scp.java
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public class Scp extends SSHBase {
                                                list, file, preserveLastModified);
                 } else {
                     message = new ScpToMessageBySftp(getVerbose(), session,
-                                                     list, file);
+                                                     list, file, preserveLastModified);
                 }
                 message.setLogListener(this);
                 if (fileMode != null) {
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class Scp extends SSHBase {
                 message =
                     new ScpToMessageBySftp(getVerbose(), session,
                                            getProject().resolveFile(fromPath),
-                                           file);
+                                           file, preserveLastModified);
             }
             message.setLogListener(this);
             if (fileMode != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
index a1177c417..360b18d58 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/ssh/ScpToMessageBySftp.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
     private File localFile;
     private final String remotePath;
     private List<Directory> directoryList;
+    private final boolean preserveLastModified;
 
     /**
      * Constructor for a local file to remote.
@@ -52,11 +53,31 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
                               final Session session,
                               final File aLocalFile,
                               final String aRemotePath) {
-        this(verbose, session, aRemotePath);
+        this(verbose, session, aLocalFile, aRemotePath, false);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for a local file to remote.
+     * @param verbose if true do verbose logging
+     * @param session the scp session to use
+     * @param aLocalFile the local file
+     * @param aRemotePath the remote path
+     * @param preserveLastModified True if the last modified time needs to be preserved
+     *                             on the transferred files. False otherwise.
+     * @since Ant 1.9.10
+     */
+    public ScpToMessageBySftp(final boolean verbose,
+                              final Session session,
+                              final File aLocalFile,
+                              final String aRemotePath,
+                              final boolean preserveLastModified) {
+        this(verbose, session, aRemotePath, preserveLastModified);
 
         this.localFile = aLocalFile;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Constructor for a local directories to remote.
      * @param verbose if true do verbose logging
@@ -69,23 +90,45 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
                               final Session session,
                               final List<Directory> aDirectoryList,
                               final String aRemotePath) {
-        this(verbose, session, aRemotePath);
+        this(verbose, session, aDirectoryList, aRemotePath, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor for a local directories to remote.
+     * @param verbose if true do verbose logging
+     * @param session the scp session to use
+     * @param aDirectoryList a list of directories
+     * @param aRemotePath the remote path
+     * @param preserveLastModified  True if the last modified time needs to be preserved
+     *                             on the transferred files. False otherwise.
+     * @since Ant 1.9.10
+     */
+    public ScpToMessageBySftp(final boolean verbose,
+                              final Session session,
+                              final List aDirectoryList,
+                              final String aRemotePath,
+                              final boolean preserveLastModified) {
+        this(verbose, session, aRemotePath, preserveLastModified);
 
         this.directoryList = aDirectoryList;
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Constructor for ScpToMessage.
      * @param verbose if true do verbose logging
      * @param session the scp session to use
      * @param aRemotePath the remote path
-     * @since Ant 1.6.2
+     * @param preserveLastModified True if the last modified time needs to be preserved
+     *                             on the transferred files. False otherwise.
      */
     private ScpToMessageBySftp(final boolean verbose,
                                final Session session,
-                               final String aRemotePath) {
+                               final String aRemotePath,
+                               final boolean preserveLastModified) {
         super(verbose, session);
         this.remotePath = aRemotePath;
+        this.preserveLastModified = preserveLastModified;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -263,6 +306,14 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
                 log("Setting file mode '" + Integer.toOctalString(getFileMode()) + "' on remote path " + transferredFileRemotePath);
             }
             channel.chmod(getFileMode(), transferredFileRemotePath);
+            if (getPreserveLastModified()) {
+                // set the last modified time (seconds since epoch) on the transferred file
+                final int lastModifiedTime = (int) (localFile.lastModified() / 1000L);
+                if (this.getVerbose()) {
+                    log("Setting last modified time on remote path " + transferredFileRemotePath + " to " + lastModifiedTime);
+                }
+                channel.setMtime(transferredFileRemotePath, lastModifiedTime);
+            }
         } finally {
             if (this.getVerbose()) {
                 final long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -288,4 +339,14 @@ public class ScpToMessageBySftp extends ScpToMessage/*AbstractSshMessage*/ {
     public String getRemotePath() {
         return remotePath;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the last modified time needs to be preserved on the
+     * file(s) that get transferred. Returns false otherwise.
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public boolean getPreserveLastModified() {
+        return this.preserveLastModified;
+    }
 }