diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
index 6fdc69140..03db2f20b 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Misc.pm
@@ -696,7 +696,8 @@ sub convert_routestopped() {
     if ( my $fn = open_file 'routestopped' ) {
 	my ( @allhosts, %source, %dest , %notrack, @rule );
 
-	my $seq = 0;
+	my $seq  = 0;
+	my $date = localtime;
 
 	my ( $stoppedrules, $fn1 );
 
@@ -722,6 +723,11 @@ sub convert_routestopped() {
 EOF
 	}
 
+	print( $stoppedrules
+	       "#\n" ,
+	       "# Rules generated from routestopped file $fn by Shorewall $globals{VERSION} - $date\n" ,
+	       "#\n" );
+
 	first_entry "$doing $fn...";
 
 	while ( read_a_line ( NORMAL_READ ) ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Raw.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Raw.pm
index d99e37a5d..ac7864d24 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Raw.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Raw.pm
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ sub setup_conntrack($) {
     if ( $convert ) {
 	my $conntrack;
 	my $empty  = 1;
+	my $date = localtime;
 
 	if ( $fn ) {
 	    open $conntrack, '>>', $fn or fatal_error "Unable to open $fn for notrack conversion: $!";
@@ -385,6 +386,11 @@ EOF
 EOF
 	}
 
+	print( $conntrack
+	       "#\n" ,
+	       "# Rules generated from notrack file $fn by Shorewall $globals{VERSION} - $date\n" ,
+	       "#\n" );
+
 	$fn = open_file( 'notrack' , 3, 1 ) || fatal_error "Unable to open the notrack file for conversion: $!";
 
 	while ( read_a_line( PLAIN_READ ) ) {