diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 779220fb6..d1ef76816 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fdlimit 0.1.0",
  "log 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "time 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fbf4b4ca6..2de097ad9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ log = "0.3"
 env_logger = "0.3"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 docopt = "0.6"
+time = "0.1"
 ctrlc = { git = "https://github.com/tomusdrw/rust-ctrlc.git" }
 clippy = { version = "0.0.44", optional = true }
 ethcore-util = { path = "util" }
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index e25933f2d..1b6a59a93 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate ctrlc;
 extern crate fdlimit;
 extern crate daemonize;
+extern crate time;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "rpc")]
 extern crate ethcore_rpc as rpc;
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ use std::net::{SocketAddr};
 use std::env;
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use rlog::{LogLevelFilter};
 use env_logger::LogBuilder;
 use ctrlc::CtrlC;
 use util::*;
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ struct Args {
 }
 
 fn setup_log(init: &Option<String>) {
+	use rlog::*;
+
 	let mut builder = LogBuilder::new();
 	builder.filter(None, LogLevelFilter::Info);
 
@@ -123,6 +125,15 @@ fn setup_log(init: &Option<String>) {
 		builder.parse(s);
 	}
 
+	let format = |record: &LogRecord| {
+		let timestamp = time::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", &time::now()).unwrap();
+		if max_log_level() <= LogLevelFilter::Info {
+			format!("{}{}", timestamp, record.args())
+		} else {
+			format!("{}{}:{}: {}", timestamp, record.level(), record.target(), record.args())
+		}
+    };
+	builder.format(format);
 	builder.init().unwrap();
 }