diff --git a/django_mailbox/admin.py b/django_mailbox/admin.py
index bc3c25a..6bfebd4 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/admin.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/admin.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ class MailboxAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         'uri',
         'from_email',
         'active',
+        'last_polling',
     )
+    readonly_fields = ['last_polling', ]
     actions = [get_new_mail]
 
 
diff --git a/django_mailbox/migrations/0006_mailbox_last_polling.py b/django_mailbox/migrations/0006_mailbox_last_polling.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7979428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_mailbox/migrations/0006_mailbox_last_polling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.9.8 on 2016-08-15 22:39
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_mailbox', '0005_auto_20160523_2240'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='mailbox',
+            name='last_polling',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(blank=True, help_text='The time of last successful polling for messages.It is blank for new mailboxes and is not set for mailboxes that only receive messages via a pipe.', null=True, verbose_name='Last polling'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/django_mailbox/models.py b/django_mailbox/models.py
index ec71e77..89eb0ad 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/models.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/models.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import uuid
 import six
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlparse
 
+import django
 from django.conf import settings as django_settings
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.mail.message import make_msgid
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.timezone import now
 
 from django_mailbox import utils
 from django_mailbox.signals import message_received
@@ -96,6 +98,15 @@ class Mailbox(models.Model):
         default=True,
     )
 
+    last_polling = models.DateTimeField(
+        _(u"Last polling"),
+        help_text=(_("The time of last successful polling for messages."
+                     "It is blank for new mailboxes and is not set for "
+                     "mailboxes that only receive messages via a pipe.")),
+        blank=True,
+        null=True
+    )
+
     objects = models.Manager()
     active_mailboxes = ActiveMailboxManager()
 
@@ -372,6 +383,11 @@ class Mailbox(models.Model):
         for message in connection.get_message(condition):
             msg = self.process_incoming_message(message)
             new_mail.append(msg)
+        self.last_polling = now()
+        if django.VERSION >= (1, 5):  # Django 1.5 introduces update_fields
+            self.save(update_fields=['last_polling'])
+        else:
+            self.save()
         return new_mail
 
     def __unicode__(self):
diff --git a/django_mailbox/tests/test_mailbox.py b/django_mailbox/tests/test_mailbox.py
index d06fc77..10fa904 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/tests/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/tests/test_mailbox.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from django_mailbox.models import Mailbox
@@ -18,3 +20,17 @@ class TestMailbox(TestCase):
             expected_protocol,
             actual_protocol,
         )
+
+    def test_last_polling_field_exists(self):
+        mailbox = Mailbox()
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(mailbox, 'last_polling'))
+
+    def test_get_new_mail_update_last_polling(self):
+        mailbox = Mailbox.objects.create(uri="mbox://" + os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                'messages',
+                'generic_message.eml',
+            ))
+        self.assertEqual(mailbox.last_polling, None)
+        mailbox.get_new_mail()
+        self.assertNotEqual(mailbox.last_polling, None)