diff --git a/server/jellyfin/dto/dto.go b/server/jellyfin/dto/dto.go
index b7815957d..6240b0b26 100644
--- a/server/jellyfin/dto/dto.go
+++ b/server/jellyfin/dto/dto.go
@@ -43,16 +43,19 @@ type BaseItemDto struct {
 	// PlaylistItemId identifies this entry within a playlist listing (GET /Playlists/{id}/Items).
 	// It's only set there, and is distinct from Id so a song appearing more than once in the same
 	// playlist can be removed by occurrence (DELETE .../Items?EntryIds=...) rather than by song id.
-	PlaylistItemId       string            `json:"PlaylistItemId,omitempty"`
-	Type                 string            `json:"Type"`
-	IsFolder             bool              `json:"IsFolder"`
-	MediaType            string            `json:"MediaType,omitempty"`
-	CollectionType       string            `json:"CollectionType,omitempty"`
-	ParentId             string            `json:"ParentId,omitempty"`
-	RunTimeTicks         int64             `json:"RunTimeTicks,omitempty"`
-	IndexNumber          *int              `json:"IndexNumber,omitempty"`
-	ParentIndexNumber    *int              `json:"ParentIndexNumber,omitempty"`
-	ProductionYear       *int              `json:"ProductionYear,omitempty"`
+	PlaylistItemId    string `json:"PlaylistItemId,omitempty"`
+	Type              string `json:"Type"`
+	IsFolder          bool   `json:"IsFolder"`
+	MediaType         string `json:"MediaType,omitempty"`
+	CollectionType    string `json:"CollectionType,omitempty"`
+	ParentId          string `json:"ParentId,omitempty"`
+	RunTimeTicks      int64  `json:"RunTimeTicks,omitempty"`
+	IndexNumber       *int   `json:"IndexNumber,omitempty"`
+	ParentIndexNumber *int   `json:"ParentIndexNumber,omitempty"`
+	ProductionYear    *int   `json:"ProductionYear,omitempty"`
+	// DateCreated is the ISO 8601 date the item was added to the library; clients show it as
+	// "Date Added" and sort "Recently Added" by it.
+	DateCreated          string            `json:"DateCreated,omitempty"`
 	Album                string            `json:"Album,omitempty"`
 	AlbumId              string            `json:"AlbumId,omitempty"`
 	AlbumArtist          string            `json:"AlbumArtist,omitempty"`
diff --git a/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers.go b/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers.go
index a28c1d2b7..99dd6bb2f 100644
--- a/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers.go
+++ b/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers.go
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 func TicksFromSeconds(sec float32) int64 { return int64(float64(sec) * 1e7) }
 
+// jellyfinDate formats a time as the ISO 8601 string Jellyfin clients expect for DateCreated, or
+// "" for the zero time so the field is omitted rather than sent as a meaningless epoch.
+func jellyfinDate(t *time.Time) string {
+	if t == nil || t.IsZero() {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return t.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+}
+
 // channelLayout maps a channel count to the label Jellyfin clients expect on a MediaStream.
 func channelLayout(n int) string {
 	switch n {
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@ func SongToBaseItem(mf model.MediaFile) BaseItemDto {
 		AlbumArtist:       mf.AlbumArtist,
 		Artists:           []string{mf.Artist},
 		RunTimeTicks:      TicksFromSeconds(mf.Duration),
+		DateCreated:       jellyfinDate(&mf.CreatedAt),
 		Container:         mf.Suffix,
 		CanDownload:       true,
 		BackdropImageTags: []string{},
@@ -134,6 +144,7 @@ func AlbumToBaseItem(al model.Album) BaseItemDto {
 		ChildCount:        new(al.SongCount),
 		SongCount:         new(al.SongCount),
 		RunTimeTicks:      TicksFromSeconds(al.Duration),
+		DateCreated:       jellyfinDate(&al.CreatedAt),
 		ImageTags:         map[string]string{"Primary": al.ID},
 		ImageBlurHashes:   map[string]map[string]string{"Primary": {al.ID: blurHash(al.ID)}},
 		BackdropImageTags: []string{},
@@ -162,6 +173,7 @@ func ArtistToBaseItem(ar model.Artist) BaseItemDto {
 		IsFolder:          true,
 		AlbumCount:        new(ar.AlbumCount),
 		SongCount:         new(ar.SongCount),
+		DateCreated:       jellyfinDate(ar.CreatedAt),
 		ImageTags:         map[string]string{"Primary": ar.ID},
 		ImageBlurHashes:   map[string]map[string]string{"Primary": {ar.ID: blurHash(ar.ID)}},
 		BackdropImageTags: []string{},
diff --git a/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers_test.go b/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers_test.go
index f8e4210d6..a71088283 100644
--- a/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers_test.go
+++ b/server/jellyfin/dto/mappers_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ var _ = Describe("mappers", func() {
 		Expect(item.ImageBlurHashes).To(BeNil())
 	})
 
+	It("sets DateCreated from the media file's CreatedAt", func() {
+		mf := model.MediaFile{ID: "s1", Title: "Song", CreatedAt: time.Date(2024, 1, 15, 10, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC)}
+		Expect(SongToBaseItem(mf).DateCreated).To(Equal("2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"))
+	})
+
+	It("omits DateCreated when CreatedAt is the zero time", func() {
+		Expect(SongToBaseItem(model.MediaFile{ID: "s1", Title: "Song"}).DateCreated).To(BeEmpty())
+	})
+
 	It("builds a MediaSourceInfo from a media file", func() {
 		mf := model.MediaFile{ID: "s1", Size: 5242880, Suffix: "mp3", BitRate: 320, Duration: 100}
 		src := MediaSourceFromMediaFile(mf)
diff --git a/server/jellyfin/e2e/browsing_test.go b/server/jellyfin/e2e/browsing_test.go
index 4bfa17bd3..920464af8 100644
--- a/server/jellyfin/e2e/browsing_test.go
+++ b/server/jellyfin/e2e/browsing_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/navidrome/navidrome/server/jellyfin/dto"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
@@ -165,6 +166,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Browsing", func() {
 			Expect(item.Type).To(Equal("Audio"))
 		})
 
+		It("includes a parseable DateCreated (Date Added) on a song", func() {
+			var item dto.BaseItemDto
+			parseInto(get("/Items/"+enc(songID("So What"))), &item)
+			Expect(item.DateCreated).ToNot(BeEmpty())
+			_, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, item.DateCreated)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
 		It("resolves an artist", func() {
 			var item dto.BaseItemDto
 			parseInto(get("/Items/"+enc(artistID("Miles Davis"))), &item)