diff --git a/gcloud/pubsub/message.py b/gcloud/pubsub/message.py
index 832a5d554c44..8d1d2bcd0787 100644
--- a/gcloud/pubsub/message.py
+++ b/gcloud/pubsub/message.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class Message(object):
     :param attributes: Extra metadata associated by the publisher with the
                        message.
     """
+    _service_timesstamp = None
+
     def __init__(self, data, message_id, attributes=None):
         self.data = data
         self.message_id = message_id
@@ -64,6 +66,15 @@ def timestamp(self):
             raise ValueError('No timestamp')
         return _rfc3339_to_datetime(stamp)
 
+    @property
+    def service_timestamp(self):
+        """Return server-set timestamp.
+
+        :rtype: string
+        :returns: timestamp (in UTC timezone) in RFC 3339 format
+        """
+        return self._service_timesstamp
+
     @classmethod
     def from_api_repr(cls, api_repr):
         """Factory:  construct message from API representation.
@@ -72,5 +83,8 @@ def from_api_repr(cls, api_repr):
         :param api_repr: The API representation of the message
         """
         data = base64.b64decode(api_repr.get('data', b''))
-        return cls(data=data, message_id=api_repr['messageId'],
-                   attributes=api_repr.get('attributes'))
+        instance = cls(
+            data=data, message_id=api_repr['messageId'],
+            attributes=api_repr.get('attributes'))
+        instance._service_timesstamp = api_repr.get('publishTimestamp')
+        return instance
diff --git a/gcloud/pubsub/test_message.py b/gcloud/pubsub/test_message.py
index 7bdc245ea2a9..3408ae41ab5c 100644
--- a/gcloud/pubsub/test_message.py
+++ b/gcloud/pubsub/test_message.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def test_ctor_no_attributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(message.data, DATA)
         self.assertEqual(message.message_id, MESSAGE_ID)
         self.assertEqual(message.attributes, {})
+        self.assertEqual(message.service_timestamp, None)
 
     def test_ctor_w_attributes(self):
         DATA = b'DEADBEEF'
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ def test_ctor_w_attributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(message.data, DATA)
         self.assertEqual(message.message_id, MESSAGE_ID)
         self.assertEqual(message.attributes, ATTRS)
+        self.assertEqual(message.service_timestamp, None)
 
     def test_timestamp_no_attributes(self):
         DATA = b'DEADBEEF'
@@ -85,17 +87,24 @@ def test_from_api_repr_missing_data(self):
         self.assertEqual(message.data, b'')
         self.assertEqual(message.message_id, MESSAGE_ID)
         self.assertEqual(message.attributes, {})
+        self.assertEqual(message.service_timestamp, None)
 
     def test_from_api_repr_no_attributes(self):
         from base64 import b64encode as b64
         DATA = b'DEADBEEF'
         B64_DATA = b64(DATA)
         MESSAGE_ID = '12345'
-        api_repr = {'data': B64_DATA, 'messageId': MESSAGE_ID}
+        TIMESTAMP = '2016-03-18-19:38:22.001393427Z'
+        api_repr = {
+            'data': B64_DATA,
+            'messageId': MESSAGE_ID,
+            'publishTimestamp': TIMESTAMP,
+        }
         message = self._getTargetClass().from_api_repr(api_repr)
         self.assertEqual(message.data, DATA)
         self.assertEqual(message.message_id, MESSAGE_ID)
         self.assertEqual(message.attributes, {})
+        self.assertEqual(message.service_timestamp, TIMESTAMP)
 
     def test_from_api_repr_w_attributes(self):
         from base64 import b64encode as b64
@@ -103,10 +112,15 @@ def test_from_api_repr_w_attributes(self):
         B64_DATA = b64(DATA)
         MESSAGE_ID = '12345'
         ATTRS = {'a': 'b'}
-        api_repr = {'data': B64_DATA,
-                    'messageId': MESSAGE_ID,
-                    'attributes': ATTRS}
+        TIMESTAMP = '2016-03-18-19:38:22.001393427Z'
+        api_repr = {
+            'data': B64_DATA,
+            'messageId': MESSAGE_ID,
+            'publishTimestamp': TIMESTAMP,
+            'attributes': ATTRS,
+        }
         message = self._getTargetClass().from_api_repr(api_repr)
         self.assertEqual(message.data, DATA)
         self.assertEqual(message.message_id, MESSAGE_ID)
+        self.assertEqual(message.service_timestamp, TIMESTAMP)
         self.assertEqual(message.attributes, ATTRS)