diff --git a/src/borg/archive.py b/src/borg/archive.py
index a2bc0fd502..b940c99740 100644
--- a/src/borg/archive.py
+++ b/src/borg/archive.py
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ def recreate(self, archive_id, target_name, delete_original, comment=None):
         target = self.create_target(archive, target_name)
         if self.exclude_if_present or self.exclude_caches:
             self.matcher_add_tagged_dirs(archive)
-        if self.matcher.empty() and not target.recreate_rechunkify and comment is None:
+        if self.matcher.empty() and not target.recreate_rechunkify and comment is None and self.timestamp is None:
             # nothing to do
             return False
         self.process_items(archive, target)
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/recreate_cmd_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/recreate_cmd_test.py
index 25e0451187..608199650d 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/recreate_cmd_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/recreate_cmd_test.py
@@ -244,11 +244,13 @@ def test_recreate_keep_original_timestamp(archivers, request):
     info_orig = cmd(archiver, "info", "-a", "test0").splitlines()
     # this shall recreate the archive and keep the nominal timestamp
     time.sleep(1)
-    cmd(archiver, "recreate", "test0", "--comment", "test")
+    cmd(archiver, "recreate", "-a", "test0", "--comment", "test")
     info_recreated = cmd(archiver, "info", "-a", "test0").splitlines()
     nominal_orig = next(item for item in info_orig if item.startswith("Time (nominal):"))
     nominal_recreated = next(item for item in info_recreated if item.startswith("Time (nominal):"))
     assert nominal_orig == nominal_recreated
+    # the recreated archive must still contain the original items.
+    assert "input/file1" in cmd(archiver, "list", "test0", "--short")
 
 
 def test_recreate_with_given_timestamp(archivers, request):
@@ -256,8 +258,10 @@ def test_recreate_with_given_timestamp(archivers, request):
     create_test_files(archiver.input_path)
     cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
     cmd(archiver, "create", "test0", "input")
-    # this shall recreate the archive with a different nominal timestamp
-    cmd(archiver, "recreate", "test0", "--timestamp", "1970-01-02T00:00:00", "--comment", "test")
+    # this shall recreate the archive with a different nominal timestamp.
+    # --timestamp is the only change requested, so this also checks that a timestamp
+    # change alone is enough to make recreate do the work instead of skipping the archive.
+    cmd(archiver, "recreate", "-a", "test0", "--timestamp", "1970-01-02T00:00:00")
     info = cmd(archiver, "info", "-a", "test0").splitlines()
     dtime = datetime(1970, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0).astimezone()  # local time in local timezone
     s_time = dtime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:.. %z").replace("+", r"\+")
@@ -267,6 +271,8 @@ def test_recreate_with_given_timestamp(archivers, request):
     s_time = dtime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:..:.. %z").replace("+", r"\+")
     assert any([re.search(r"Time \(end\).+ %s" % s_time, item) for item in info])
     assert any([re.search(r"Time \(start\).+ %s" % s_time, item) for item in info])
+    # the recreated archive must still contain the original items.
+    assert "input/file1" in cmd(archiver, "list", "test0", "--short")
 
 
 def test_recreate_dry_run(archivers, request):