diff --git a/src/libsync/syncfileitem.cpp b/src/libsync/syncfileitem.cpp
index 6bf10cd7af1b0..a7fd1c7d53e98 100644
--- a/src/libsync/syncfileitem.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/syncfileitem.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ SyncFileItemPtr SyncFileItem::fromProperties(const QString &filePath, const QMap
         const auto intConvertedValue = properties.value(QStringLiteral("lock-timeout")).toULongLong(&ok);
         item->_lockTimeout = ok ? intConvertedValue : 0;
     }
-
-    const auto date = QDateTime::fromString(properties.value(QStringLiteral("getlastmodified")), Qt::RFC2822Date);
+    const auto lastModifiedValue = properties.value(QStringLiteral("getlastmodified")).replace("GMT", "+0000");
+    const auto date = QDateTime::fromString(lastModifiedValue, Qt::RFC2822Date);
     Q_ASSERT(date.isValid());
     if (date.toSecsSinceEpoch() > 0) {
         item->_modtime = date.toSecsSinceEpoch();