diff --git a/resources/recipes/spiegelde.recipe b/resources/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
index 705ffd0f7a..4fed3818b0 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/spiegelde.recipe
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2009, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
 spiegel.de
 '''
 
+from time import strftime
 from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class Spiegel_ger(BasicNewsRecipe):
@@ -44,3 +45,6 @@ class Spiegel_ger(BasicNewsRecipe):
         rmain, rsep, rrest = main.rpartition(',')
         purl = rmain + ',druck-' + rrest + ',' + rest
         return purl
+
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+        return 'http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/titel/SP/' + strftime("%Y/%W/%j/titel.jpg")