diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network.go b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network.go
index 6f8b7938ce..ab9c694c38 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func BasicNetworkFromGRPC(n swarmapi.Network) basictypes.NetworkResource {
 		Ingress:    IsIngressNetwork(&n),
 		Labels:     n.Spec.Annotations.Labels,
 	}
+	nr.Created, _ = gogotypes.TimestampFromProto(n.Meta.CreatedAt)
 
 	if n.Spec.GetNetwork() != "" {
 		nr.ConfigFrom = networktypes.ConfigReference{
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network_test.go b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1603b38d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/convert/network_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package convert
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	swarmapi "github.com/docker/swarmkit/api"
+	gogotypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
+)
+
+func TestNetworkConvertBasicNetworkFromGRPCCreatedAt(t *testing.T) {
+	expected, err := time.Parse("Jan 2, 2006 at 3:04pm (MST)", "Jan 10, 2018 at 7:54pm (PST)")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	createdAt, err := gogotypes.TimestampProto(expected)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	nw := swarmapi.Network{
+		Meta: swarmapi.Meta{
+			Version: swarmapi.Version{
+				Index: 1,
+			},
+			CreatedAt: createdAt,
+		},
+	}
+
+	n := BasicNetworkFromGRPC(nw)
+	if !n.Created.Equal(expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected time %s; received %s", expected, n.Created)
+	}
+}