diff --git a/namesys/republisher/repub.go b/namesys/republisher/repub.go
index 9e7272d32e0..ed42fa80682 100644
--- a/namesys/republisher/repub.go
+++ b/namesys/republisher/repub.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	proto "github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	ipns "github.com/ipfs/go-ipns"
 	pb "github.com/ipfs/go-ipns/pb"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ func (rp *Republisher) republishEntry(ctx context.Context, priv ic.PrivKey) erro
 	log.Debugf("republishing ipns entry for %s", id)
 
 	// Look for it locally only
-	p, err := rp.getLastVal(id)
+	e, err := rp.getLastIPNSEntry(id)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == errNoEntry {
 			return nil
@@ -134,25 +135,34 @@ func (rp *Republisher) republishEntry(ctx context.Context, priv ic.PrivKey) erro
 		return err
 	}
 
+	p := path.Path(e.GetValue())
+	prevEol, err := ipns.GetEOL(e)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// update record with same sequence number
 	eol := time.Now().Add(rp.RecordLifetime)
+	if prevEol.After(eol) {
+		eol = prevEol
+	}
 	return rp.ns.PublishWithEOL(ctx, priv, p, eol)
 }
 
-func (rp *Republisher) getLastVal(id peer.ID) (path.Path, error) {
+func (rp *Republisher) getLastIPNSEntry(id peer.ID) (*pb.IpnsEntry, error) {
 	// Look for it locally only
 	val, err := rp.ds.Get(namesys.IpnsDsKey(id))
 	switch err {
 	case nil:
 	case ds.ErrNotFound:
-		return "", errNoEntry
+		return nil, errNoEntry
 	default:
-		return "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	e := new(pb.IpnsEntry)
 	if err := proto.Unmarshal(val, e); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return path.Path(e.Value), nil
-}
+	return e, nil
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/namesys/republisher/repub_test.go b/namesys/republisher/repub_test.go
index 470d460ba20..c78791397e5 100644
--- a/namesys/republisher/repub_test.go
+++ b/namesys/republisher/repub_test.go
@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
+
+	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
+	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
+	mocknet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/mock"
+
+	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipns"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipns/pb"
+	path "github.com/ipfs/go-path"
+
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/bootstrap"
 	mock "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/mock"
 	namesys "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/namesys"
 	. "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/namesys/republisher"
-	path "github.com/ipfs/go-path"
 
-	goprocess "github.com/jbenet/goprocess"
-	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
-	mocknet "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/net/mock"
 )
 
 func TestRepublish(t *testing.T) {
@@ -109,6 +116,107 @@ func TestRepublish(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLongEOLRepublish(t *testing.T) {
+	// set cache life to zero for testing low-period repubs
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// create network
+	mn := mocknet.New(ctx)
+
+	var nodes []*core.IpfsNode
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		nd, err := mock.MockPublicNode(ctx, mn)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		nd.Namesys = namesys.NewNameSystem(nd.Routing, nd.Repo.Datastore(), 0)
+
+		nodes = append(nodes, nd)
+	}
+
+	if err := mn.LinkAll(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	bsinf := bootstrap.BootstrapConfigWithPeers(
+		[]peer.AddrInfo{
+			nodes[0].Peerstore.PeerInfo(nodes[0].Identity),
+		},
+	)
+
+	for _, n := range nodes[1:] {
+		if err := n.Bootstrap(bsinf); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// have one node publish a record that is valid for 1 second
+	publisher := nodes[3]
+	p := path.FromString("/ipfs/QmUNLLsPACCz1vLxQVkXqqLX5R1X345qqfHbsf67hvA3Nn") // does not need to be valid
+	rp := namesys.NewIpnsPublisher(publisher.Routing, publisher.Repo.Datastore())
+	name := "/ipns/" + publisher.Identity.Pretty()
+
+	expiration := time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
+	err := rp.PublishWithEOL(ctx, publisher.PrivateKey, p, expiration)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	err = verifyResolution(nodes, name, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// The republishers that are contained within the nodes have their timeout set
+	// to 12 hours. Instead of trying to tweak those, we're just going to pretend
+	// they don't exist and make our own.
+	repub := NewRepublisher(rp, publisher.Repo.Datastore(), publisher.PrivateKey, publisher.Repo.Keystore())
+	repub.Interval = time.Millisecond * 500
+	repub.RecordLifetime = time.Second
+
+	proc := goprocess.Go(repub.Run)
+	defer proc.Close()
+
+	// now wait a couple seconds for it to fire a few times
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+
+	err = verifyResolution(nodes, name, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	entry, err := getLastIPNSEntry(publisher.Repo.Datastore(), publisher.Identity)
+	if err != nil{
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	finalEol, err := ipns.GetEOL(entry)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !finalEol.Equal(expiration) {
+		t.Fatal("expiration time modified")
+	}
+}
+
+func getLastIPNSEntry(dstore ds.Datastore, id peer.ID) (*ipns_pb.IpnsEntry, error) {
+	// Look for it locally only
+	val, err := dstore.Get(namesys.IpnsDsKey(id))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	e := new(ipns_pb.IpnsEntry)
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(val, e); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return e, nil
+}
+
 func verifyResolution(nodes []*core.IpfsNode, key string, exp path.Path) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()