diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 3a07cfd..fa54d4e 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -14584,6 +14584,17 @@ user."
       (if (< year 100) (setq year (+ 2000 year)))
       (setq ans (replace-match (format "%04d-%02d-%02d\\5" year month day)
 			       t nil ans)))
+    ;; European date match
+    (when (string-match
+	   "^ *\\(3[01]\\|0?[1-9]\\|[12][0-9]\\)\\.\\(0?[1-9]\\|1[012]\\)\\.\\([1-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\\)?" ans)
+      (setq year (if (match-end 3)
+		     (string-to-number (match-string 3 ans))
+		   (progn (setq kill-year t)
+			  (string-to-number (format-time-string "%Y"))))
+	    day (string-to-number (match-string 1 ans))
+	    month (string-to-number (match-string 2 ans))
+	    ans (replace-match (format "%04d-%02d-%02d\\5" year month day)
+				     t nil ans)))
     ;; Help matching am/pm times, because `parse-time-string' does not do that.
     ;; If there is a time with am/pm, and *no* time without it, we convert
     ;; so that matching will be successful.