diff --git a/examples/cli/cli.cpp b/examples/cli/cli.cpp
index f73ed9ae078..5aca1962aa7 100644
--- a/examples/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/examples/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -727,7 +727,13 @@ static void output_json(
                                 value_s("text", whisper_token_to_str(ctx, token.id), false);
                                 if(token.t0 > -1 && token.t1 > -1) {
                                     // If we have per-token timestamps, write them out
-                                    times_o(token.t0, token.t1, false);
+                                    if (params.vad) {
+                                        times_o(vad_ts_to_original_ts(token.t0, ctx),
+                                                vad_ts_to_original_ts(token.t1, ctx),
+                                                false);
+                                    } else {
+                                        times_o(token.t0, token.t1, false);
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 value_i("id", token.id, false);
                                 value_f("p", token.p, false);
diff --git a/include/whisper.h b/include/whisper.h
index 4aeda98f334..e3e1dac761e 100644
--- a/include/whisper.h
+++ b/include/whisper.h
@@ -712,6 +712,8 @@ extern "C" {
     WHISPER_API float whisper_vad_segments_get_segment_t0(struct whisper_vad_segments * segments, int i_segment);
     WHISPER_API float whisper_vad_segments_get_segment_t1(struct whisper_vad_segments * segments, int i_segment);
 
+    WHISPER_API int64_t vad_ts_to_original_ts(int64_t vad_ts, struct whisper_context * ctx);
+
     WHISPER_API void whisper_vad_free_segments(struct whisper_vad_segments * segments);
     WHISPER_API void whisper_vad_free         (struct whisper_vad_context  * ctx);
 
diff --git a/src/whisper.cpp b/src/whisper.cpp
index fe3e135bee6..f6664167244 100644
--- a/src/whisper.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper.cpp
@@ -7968,6 +7968,10 @@ int64_t whisper_full_get_segment_t1(struct whisper_context * ctx, int i_segment)
     return whisper_full_get_segment_t1_from_state(ctx->state, i_segment);
 }
 
+int64_t vad_ts_to_original_ts(int64_t vad_ts, struct whisper_context * ctx) {
+    return map_processed_to_original_time(vad_ts, ctx->state->vad_mapping_table);
+}
+
 bool whisper_full_get_segment_speaker_turn_next_from_state(struct whisper_state * state, int i_segment) {
     return state->result_all[i_segment].speaker_turn_next;
 }