diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 7d532702245..1ff13985a4e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -1761,6 +1761,9 @@ ErrorLogFormat "[%t] [%l] [pid %P] %F: %E: [client %a] %M"
     <tr><td><code>%{u}t</code></td>
         <td>The current time including micro-seconds</td></tr>
 
+    <tr><td><code>%{m}t</code></td>
+        <td>The current time including milliseconds</td></tr>
+
     <tr><td><code>%{cu}t</code></td>
         <td>The current time in ISO 8601 extended format (compact), including
             micro-seconds</td></tr>
diff --git a/include/util_time.h b/include/util_time.h
index 1ba6353c025..c149e52166a 100644
--- a/include/util_time.h
+++ b/include/util_time.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define AP_CTIME_OPTION_COMPACT 0x2
 /* Add timezone offset from GMT ([+-]hhmm) */
 #define AP_CTIME_OPTION_GMTOFF  0x4
+/* Add sub second timestamps with millisecond resolution */
+#define AP_CTIME_OPTION_MSEC    0x8
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/server/log.c b/server/log.c
index 91dcf2c3eb0..af746ae1d37 100644
--- a/server/log.c
+++ b/server/log.c
@@ -584,10 +584,14 @@ static int log_ctime(const ap_errorlog_info *info, const char *arg,
     if (arg) {
         if (arg[0] == 'u' && !arg[1]) { /* no ErrorLogFormat (fast path) */
             option |= AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC;
-        }
-        else if (!ap_strchr_c(arg, '%')) { /* special "%{cuz}t" formats */
+        } else if (arg[0] == 'm' && !arg[1]){  /* no ErrorLogFormat (fast path) - msec */
+            option |= AP_CTIME_OPTION_MSEC;
+        } else if (!ap_strchr_c(arg, '%')) { /* special "%{mcuz}t" formats */
             while (*arg) {
                 switch (*arg++) {
+                case 'm':
+                    option |= AP_CTIME_OPTION_MSEC;
+                    break;
                 case 'u':
                     option |= AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC;
                     break;
diff --git a/server/util_time.c b/server/util_time.c
index 8dcf2fb293f..f0092e09688 100644
--- a/server/util_time.c
+++ b/server/util_time.c
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
  *   */
 #define AP_CTIME_USEC_LENGTH      7
 
+/* Number of characters needed to format the millisecond part of a timestamp.
+ * Milliseconds have 3 digits plus one separator character makes 4.
+ *   */
+#define AP_CTIME_MSEC_LENGTH      4
+
 /* Length of ISO 8601 date/time (including trailing '\0') */
 #define AP_CTIME_COMPACT_LEN      20
 
@@ -183,6 +188,8 @@ AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_recent_ctime_ex(char *date_str, apr_time_t t,
 
     if (option & AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC) {
         needed += AP_CTIME_USEC_LENGTH;
+    } else if (option & AP_CTIME_OPTION_MSEC){
+        needed += AP_CTIME_MSEC_LENGTH;
     }
 
     if (option & AP_CTIME_OPTION_GMTOFF) {
@@ -244,11 +251,16 @@ AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_recent_ctime_ex(char *date_str, apr_time_t t,
     *date_str++ = ':';
     *date_str++ = xt.tm_sec / 10 + '0';
     *date_str++ = xt.tm_sec % 10 + '0';
-    if (option & AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC) {
+    if (option & (AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC|AP_CTIME_OPTION_MSEC)) {
         int div;
         int usec = (int)xt.tm_usec;
         *date_str++ = '.';
-        for (div=100000; div>0; div=div/10) {
+        div = 100000;
+        if (!(option & AP_CTIME_OPTION_USEC)){
+            usec = usec / 1000;
+            div = 100;
+        }
+        for (; div>0; div=div/10) {
             *date_str++ = usec / div + '0';
             usec = usec % div;
         }