diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index fc3b678c..0dce61f2 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -3894,6 +3894,16 @@ Description
     * ``thumbnail_small`` (``"h":100,"w":100``)
 
 
+extractor.patreon.user.date-max
+-------------------------------
+Type
+    |Date|_
+Default
+    ``0``
+Description
+    Sets the |Date|_ to start from.
+
+
 extractor.[philomena].api-key
 -----------------------------
 Type
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index 2c57ce46..eb4a657c 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -508,7 +508,11 @@
 
             "cursor"       : true,
             "files"        : ["images", "image_large", "attachments", "postfile", "content"],
-            "format-images": "download_url"
+            "format-images": "download_url",
+
+            "user": {
+                "date-max" : 0
+            }
         },
         "pexels":
         {
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
index d9f8cf55..fb2f32c1 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/patreon.py
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ class PatreonUserExtractor(PatreonExtractor):
     example = "https://www.patreon.com/home"
 
     def posts(self):
+        if date_max := self._get_date_min_max(None, None)[1]:
+            self._cursor = cursor = \
+                util.datetime_from_timestamp(date_max).isoformat()
+            self._init_cursor = lambda: cursor
+
         url = self._build_url("stream", (
             "&filter[is_following]=true"
             "&json-api-use-default-includes=false"