diff --git a/core/genesis_mordor.go b/core/genesis_mordor.go
index acf49ac98dd9..11602d2578a5 100644
--- a/core/genesis_mordor.go
+++ b/core/genesis_mordor.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func DefaultMordorGenesisBlock() *Genesis {
 		ExtraData:  hexutil.MustDecode("0x70686f656e697820636869636b656e206162737572642062616e616e61"),
 		GasLimit:   hexutil.MustDecodeUint64("0x2fefd8"),
 		Difficulty: hexutil.MustDecodeBig("0x20000"),
+		Timestamp: hexutil.MustDecodeUint64("0x5d9676db"),
 		Alloc:      GenesisAlloc{},
 	}
 }
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