diff --git a/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h b/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
index 1abb9fda94a..953f12d5d10 100644
--- a/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
+++ b/include/fluent-bit/flb_pack.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601               1
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH                 2
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_JAVA_SQL_TIMESTAMP    3
+#define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH_MS              4
 
 /* Specific ISO8601 format */
 #define FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_ISO8601_FMT "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
diff --git a/include/fluent-bit/flb_time.h b/include/fluent-bit/flb_time.h
index 96f5d53e608..c3d5f9970b6 100644
--- a/include/fluent-bit/flb_time.h
+++ b/include/fluent-bit/flb_time.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int flb_time_get(struct flb_time *tm);
 int flb_time_msleep(uint32_t ms);
 double flb_time_to_double(struct flb_time *tm);
 uint64_t flb_time_to_nanosec(struct flb_time *tm);
+uint64_t flb_time_to_millisec(struct flb_time *tm);
 int flb_time_add(struct flb_time *base, struct flb_time *duration,
                  struct flb_time *result);
 int flb_time_diff(struct flb_time *time1,
diff --git a/src/flb_pack.c b/src/flb_pack.c
index 06a5ee0950a..626f14cc06f 100644
--- a/src/flb_pack.c
+++ b/src/flb_pack.c
@@ -832,6 +832,11 @@ int flb_pack_to_json_date_type(const char *str)
     else if (strcasecmp(str, "epoch") == 0) {
         return FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH;
     }
+    else if (strcasecmp(str, "epoch_ms") == 0 ||
+             strcasecmp(str, "epoch_millis") == 0 ||
+             strcasecmp(str, "epoch_milliseconds") == 0) {
+        return FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH_MS;
+    }
 
     return -1;
 }
@@ -986,6 +991,9 @@ flb_sds_t flb_pack_msgpack_to_json_format(const char *data, uint64_t bytes,
             case FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH:
                 msgpack_pack_uint64(&tmp_pck, (long long unsigned)(tms.tm.tv_sec));
                 break;
+            case FLB_PACK_JSON_DATE_EPOCH_MS:
+                msgpack_pack_uint64(&tmp_pck, flb_time_to_millisec(&tms));
+                break;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/flb_time.c b/src/flb_time.c
index 978e79de1cf..92482124857 100644
--- a/src/flb_time.c
+++ b/src/flb_time.c
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ uint64_t flb_time_to_nanosec(struct flb_time *tm)
     return (((uint64_t)tm->tm.tv_sec * 1000000000L) + tm->tm.tv_nsec);
 }
 
+uint64_t flb_time_to_millisec(struct flb_time *tm)
+{
+    return (((uint64_t)tm->tm.tv_sec * 1000L) + tm->tm.tv_nsec / 1000000L);
+}
+
 int flb_time_add(struct flb_time *base, struct flb_time *duration, struct flb_time *result)
 {
     if (base == NULL || duration == NULL|| result == NULL) {