diff --git a/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h b/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
index 8c98e917752..6e66c42a341 100644
--- a/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
+++ b/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
@@ -36,13 +36,17 @@
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_PRIMITIVE     JSMN_PRIMITIVE
 
 /* Date formats */
-#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_DOUBLE   0
-#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601  1
-#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH    2
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_DOUBLE                0
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601               1
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH                 2
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP    3
 
 /* Specific ISO8601 format */
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601_FMT "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
 
+/* Specific Java SQL Timestamp format */
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP_FMT "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
 /* JSON formats (modes) */
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_FORMAT_NONE        0
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_FORMAT_JSON        1
diff --git a/src/flb_pack.c b/src/flb_pack.c
index 78783354d75..4846b8fd781 100644
--- a/src/flb_pack.c
+++ b/src/flb_pack.c
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ int flb_pack_to_json_date_type(const char *str)
     if (strcasecmp(str, "double") == 0) {
         return FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_DOUBLE;
     }
+    else if (strcasecmp(str, "java_sql_timestamp") == 0) {
+        return FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP;
+    }
     else if (strcasecmp(str, "iso8601") == 0) {
         return FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601;
     }
@@ -883,6 +886,20 @@ flb_sds_t flb_pack_msgpack_to_json_format(const char *data, uint64_t bytes,
             case FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_DOUBLE:
                 msgpack_pack_double(&tmp_pck, flb_time_to_double(&tms));
                 break;
+            case FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP:
+            /* Format the time, use microsecond precision not nanoseconds */
+                gmtime_r(&tms.tm.tv_sec, &tm);
+                s = strftime(time_formatted, sizeof(time_formatted) - 1,
+                             FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP_FMT, &tm);
+
+                len = snprintf(time_formatted + s,
+                               sizeof(time_formatted) - 1 - s,
+                               ".%06" PRIu64,
+                               (uint64_t) tms.tm.tv_nsec / 1000);
+                s += len;
+                msgpack_pack_str(&tmp_pck, s);
+                msgpack_pack_str_body(&tmp_pck, time_formatted, s);
+                break;
             case FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601:
             /* Format the time, use microsecond precision not nanoseconds */
                 gmtime_r(&tms.tm.tv_sec, &tm);