diff --git a/src/helper/log.c b/src/helper/log.c
index cb45a7eb536d3c83df122dae86997fc56bfe3239..03fecc208ec7a699d3b1c7a20e1f52c24be300ef 100644
--- a/src/helper/log.c
+++ b/src/helper/log.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int debug_level = -1;
 static FILE* log_output;
 static log_callback_t *log_callbacks = NULL;
 
-static time_t start;
+static long long start;
 
 static char *log_strings[5] =
 {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void log_puts(enum log_levels level, const char *file, int line, const ch
 		if (debug_level >= LOG_DEBUG)
 		{
 			/* print with count and time information */
-			int t=(int)(time(NULL)-start);
+			int t=(int)(timeval_ms()-start);
 			fprintf(log_output, "%s %d %d %s:%d %s(): %s", log_strings[level+1], count, t, file, line, function, string);
 		}
 		else
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int handle_log_output_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char
 
 int log_register_commands(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx)
 {
-	start = time(NULL);
+	start = timeval_ms();
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "log_output", handle_log_output_command,
 		COMMAND_ANY, "redirect logging to <file> (default: stderr)");
 	register_command(cmd_ctx, NULL, "debug_level", handle_debug_level_command,
diff --git a/src/helper/time_support.c b/src/helper/time_support.c
index f772d2f4f0b887a588c657f6c48f041f5f79b37f..267746145f895636ea66ae0ac3eca753b3fc3f4e 100644
--- a/src/helper/time_support.c
+++ b/src/helper/time_support.c
@@ -111,3 +111,18 @@ int duration_stop_measure(duration_t *duration, char **text)
 	
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
+
+
+
+
+long long timeval_ms()
+{
+	struct timeval now; 
+	long long t=0;
+	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+	
+	t+=now.tv_usec/1000;
+	t+=now.tv_sec*1000;
+	
+	return t;
+}
diff --git a/src/helper/time_support.h b/src/helper/time_support.h
index 4e79d0d0b1e3f8a5ea6745a05d0ce33092a52ae2..05dc91190a2a802c99deab20e51aafe771ca7fee 100644
--- a/src/helper/time_support.h
+++ b/src/helper/time_support.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 extern int timeval_subtract(struct timeval *result, struct timeval *x, struct timeval *y);
 extern int timeval_add(struct timeval *result, struct timeval *x, struct timeval *y);
 extern int timeval_add_time(struct timeval *result, int sec, int usec);
+/* gettimeofday() timeval in 64 bit ms */
+extern long long timeval_ms();
 
 typedef struct duration_s
 {