diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystem.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystem.java
index 3b266c8393..34263198da 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/AliyunOSSFileSystem.java
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ public FileStatus getFileStatus(Path path) throws IOException {
         throw new FileNotFoundException(path + ": No such file or directory!");
       }
     } else if (objectRepresentsDirectory(key, meta.getContentLength())) {
-      return new FileStatus(0, true, 1, 0, 0, qualifiedPath);
+      return new FileStatus(0, true, 1, 0, meta.getLastModified().getTime(),
+           qualifiedPath);
     } else {
       return new FileStatus(meta.getContentLength(), false, 1,
           getDefaultBlockSize(path), meta.getLastModified().getTime(),
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/TestAliyunOSSInputStream.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/TestAliyunOSSInputStream.java
index 37af28ff06..10c4edda04 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/TestAliyunOSSInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/aliyun/oss/TestAliyunOSSInputStream.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.ContractTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -142,4 +143,12 @@ public void testReadFile() throws Exception {
     assertTrue(instream.available() == 0);
     IOUtils.closeStream(instream);
   }
+  @Test
+  public void testDirectoryModifiedTime() throws Exception {
+    Path emptyDirPath = setPath("/test/emptyDirectory");
+    fs.mkdirs(emptyDirPath);
+    FileStatus dirFileStatus = fs.getFileStatus(emptyDirPath);
+    assertTrue("expected the empty dir is new",
+        dirFileStatus.getModificationTime() > 0L);
+  }
 }