diff --git a/lib/Pingback.pm b/lib/Pingback.pm
index 3d6391f5..f2e0adb4 100644
--- a/lib/Pingback.pm
+++ b/lib/Pingback.pm
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ sub _touch {
    sysopen my $fh, $file, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_NONBLOCK
       or die "Cannot create $file : $!";
    close $fh or die "Cannot close $file : $!";
+   utime(undef, undef, $file);
 }
 
 sub encode_client_response {
diff --git a/t/lib/Pingback.t b/t/lib/Pingback.t
index 60fc3bb8..ab08af9a 100644
--- a/t/lib/Pingback.t
+++ b/t/lib/Pingback.t
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ ok(
    "time_to_check returns true if the file exists and it's mtime is at least one day old",
 );
 
+ok(
+   !Pingback::time_to_check($file),
+   "...but fails if tried a second time, as the mtime has been updated",
+);
+
 # #############################################################################
 # Done.
 # #############################################################################