diff --git a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
index 0df257d37..cfdb15ad1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/issues_helper.rb
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ module IssuesHelper
     end
   end
 
+  def issue_due_date_details(issue)
+    return if issue&.due_date.nil?
+    s = format_date(issue.due_date)
+    s += " (#{due_date_distance_in_words(issue.due_date)})" unless issue.closed?
+    s
+  end
+
   # Returns a link for adding a new subtask to the given issue
   def link_to_new_subtask(issue)
     attrs = {
diff --git a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
index fc93afd9d..3a9f0d907 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     rows.right l(:field_start_date), format_date(@issue.start_date), :class => 'start-date'
   end
   unless @issue.disabled_core_fields.include?('due_date')
-    rows.right l(:field_due_date), format_date(@issue.due_date), :class => 'due-date'
+    rows.right l(:field_due_date), issue_due_date_details(@issue), :class => 'due-date'
   end
   unless @issue.disabled_core_fields.include?('done_ratio')
     rows.right l(:field_done_ratio), progress_bar(@issue.done_ratio, :legend => "#{@issue.done_ratio}%"), :class => 'progress'
diff --git a/test/helpers/issues_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/issues_helper_test.rb
index 0880bc0e7..076b51b7f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/issues_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/issues_helper_test.rb
@@ -331,4 +331,23 @@ class IssuesHelperTest < Redmine::HelperTest
   def test_find_name_by_reflection_should_return_nil_for_missing_record
     assert_nil find_name_by_reflection('status', 99)
   end
+
+  def test_issue_due_date_details
+    travel_to DateTime.parse('2019-06-01') do
+      issue = Issue.generate!
+
+      # due date is not set
+      assert_nil issue_due_date_details(issue)
+
+      # due date is set
+      issue.due_date = 5.days.from_now
+      issue.save!
+      assert_equal '06/06/2019 (Due in 5 days)', issue_due_date_details(issue)
+
+      # Don't show "Due in X days" if the issue is closed
+      issue.status = IssueStatus.find_by_is_closed(true)
+      issue.save!
+      assert_equal '06/06/2019', issue_due_date_details(issue)
+    end
+  end
 end