diff --git a/account_banking_mt940/mt940.py b/account_banking_mt940/mt940.py
index 568fa9a54..c90de08a0 100644
--- a/account_banking_mt940/mt940.py
+++ b/account_banking_mt940/mt940.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class MT940(object):
         self.current_transaction = transaction
         transaction.execution_date = str2date(data[:6])
         transaction.effective_date = str2date(data[:6])
+        transaction.value_date = str2date(data[:6])
         '...and the rest already is highly bank dependent'
 
     def handle_tag_86(self, cr, data):