diff --git a/app/views/articles/show.html.erb b/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
index b7b4b1aa2..67247505e 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/show.html.erb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                       &bull; <%= t("views.articles.crossposted.text_html",
                                    url: link_to(get_host_without_www(@article.canonical_url || @article.feed_source_url), @article.canonical_url || @article.feed_source_url, style: "color:#1395b8"),
                                    on: if @article.crossposted_at
-                                         t("views.articles.crossposted.on",
+                                         t("views.articles.crossposted.on_html",
                                            date: local_date(@article.originally_published_at || @article.published_at, show_year: (@article.originally_published_at || @article.published_at).year != Time.current.year))
                                        else
                                          ""
diff --git a/config/locales/views/articles/en.yml b/config/locales/views/articles/en.yml
index ca938bf8c..7c30b1664 100644
--- a/config/locales/views/articles/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/views/articles/en.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ en:
         edit: Click to edit
       co_authors_html: with %{names}
       crossposted:
-        text_html: Originally published at %{url}%{on}
-        'on': " on %{date}"
+        text_html: Originally published at %{url} %{on}
+        on_html: on %{date}
       edited: Updated on %{date}
       edited_html: Updated on %{date}
       for_org_html: "%{start} for %{end}%{org}"
diff --git a/config/locales/views/articles/fr.yml b/config/locales/views/articles/fr.yml
index b7d998b9f..61e3c9eb9 100644
--- a/config/locales/views/articles/fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/views/articles/fr.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ fr:
         edit: Click to edit
       co_authors_html: with %{names}
       crossposted:
-        text_html: Originally published at %{url}%{on}
-        'on': " on %{date}"
+        text_html: Originally published at %{url} %{on}
+        on_html: on %{date}
       edited: Updated on %{date}
       edited_html: Updated on %{date}
       for_org_html: "%{start} for %{end}%{org}"
diff --git a/spec/views/articles_spec.rb b/spec/views/articles_spec.rb
index eaf8a2a05..80316e6c8 100644
--- a/spec/views/articles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/articles_spec.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,16 @@ RSpec.describe "articles/show", type: :view do
     expect(rendered).to have_text("example.com")
     expect(rendered).to have_text("Updated on")
   end
+
+  it "shows the original publication time for crossposts" do
+    allow(article1).to receive(:canonical_url).and_return("https://example.com/lamas")
+    allow(article1).to receive(:crossposted_at).and_return(Time.current)
+    allow(article1).to receive(:originally_published_at).and_return(Time.zone.at(0))
+    render
+
+    # Jan 1, 1970 or Dec 31, 1969, depending on time zone
+    expected_date = Time.zone.utc_offset.negative? ? "Dec 31, 1969" : "Jan 1, 1970"
+    expect(rendered).to have_text(expected_date)
+    expect(rendered).not_to have_text("</time>")
+  end
 end