diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
index d1b878872ba..67974c6da12 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers.go
@@ -1605,6 +1605,9 @@ func printEvent(obj *api.Event, options printers.GenerateOptions) ([]metav1.Tabl
 
 	firstTimestamp := translateTimestampSince(obj.FirstTimestamp)
 	lastTimestamp := translateTimestampSince(obj.LastTimestamp)
+	if obj.LastTimestamp.IsZero() {
+		lastTimestamp = firstTimestamp
+	}
 
 	var target string
 	if len(obj.InvolvedObject.Name) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
index a45ad60d169..ff73ae6c10e 100644
--- a/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/printers/internalversion/printers_test.go
@@ -136,6 +136,29 @@ func TestPrintEvent(t *testing.T) {
 			// Columns: Last Seen, Type, Reason, Object, Subobject, Message, First Seen, Count, Name
 			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"2d", "Warning", "Event Reason", "deployment/Deployment Name", "spec.containers{foo}", "kubelet, Node1", "Message Data", "3d", int64(6), "event2"}}},
 		},
+		// Basic event, w/o LastTimestamp set
+		{
+			event: api.Event{
+				Source: api.EventSource{
+					Component: "kubelet",
+					Host:      "Node1",
+				},
+				InvolvedObject: api.ObjectReference{
+					Kind:      "Deployment",
+					Name:      "Deployment Name",
+					FieldPath: "spec.containers{foo}",
+				},
+				Reason:         "Event Reason",
+				Message:        "Message Data",
+				FirstTimestamp: metav1.Time{Time: time.Now().UTC().AddDate(0, 0, -3)},
+				Count:          1,
+				Type:           api.EventTypeWarning,
+				ObjectMeta:     metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "event3"},
+			},
+			options: printers.GenerateOptions{Wide: true},
+			// Columns: Last Seen, Type, Reason, Object, Subobject, Message, First Seen, Count, Name
+			expected: []metav1.TableRow{{Cells: []interface{}{"3d", "Warning", "Event Reason", "deployment/Deployment Name", "spec.containers{foo}", "kubelet, Node1", "Message Data", "3d", int64(1), "event3"}}},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {