diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 346101738..ba9dbe4e6 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -708,6 +708,41 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
+## log_enable_timestamps {#rpc_log_enable_timestamps}
+
+Enable or disable timestamps.
+
+### Parameters
+
+Name                    | Optional | Type        | Description
+----------------------- | -------- | ----------- | -----------
+enabled                 | Required | boolean     | on or off
+
+### Example
+
+Example request:
+
+~~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "method": "log_enable_timestamps",
+  "id": 1,
+  "params": {
+    "enabled": true
+  }
+}
+~~~
+
+Example response:
+
+~~~
+{
+  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+  "id": 1,
+  "result": true
+}
+~~~
+
 ## thread_get_pollers {#rpc_thread_get_pollers}
 
 Retrieve current pollers of all the threads.
diff --git a/include/spdk/log.h b/include/spdk/log.h
index 9812e2783..241250488 100644
--- a/include/spdk/log.h
+++ b/include/spdk/log.h
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ void spdk_log_open(logfunc *logf);
  */
 void spdk_log_close(void);
 
+/**
+ * Enable or disable timestamps
+ */
+void spdk_log_enable_timestamps(bool value);
+
 enum spdk_log_level {
 	/** All messages will be suppressed. */
 	SPDK_LOG_DISABLED = -1,
diff --git a/lib/log/Makefile b/lib/log/Makefile
index 4e7c25758..291156350 100644
--- a/lib/log/Makefile
+++ b/lib/log/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SPDK_ROOT_DIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/../..)
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.common.mk
 
 SO_VER := 3
-SO_MINOR := 0
+SO_MINOR := 1
 SO_SUFFIX := $(SO_VER).$(SO_MINOR)
 
 C_SRCS = log.c log_flags.c
diff --git a/lib/log/log.c b/lib/log/log.c
index 0ab50d69c..1d4cc3712 100644
--- a/lib/log/log.c
+++ b/lib/log/log.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const char *const spdk_level_names[] = {
 #define MAX_TMPBUF 1024
 
 static logfunc *g_log = NULL;
+static bool g_log_timestamps = true;
 
 void
 spdk_log_open(logfunc *logf)
@@ -65,6 +66,12 @@ spdk_log_close(void)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+spdk_log_enable_timestamps(bool value)
+{
+	g_log_timestamps = value;
+}
+
 static void
 get_timestamp_prefix(char *buf, int buf_size)
 {
@@ -73,6 +80,11 @@ get_timestamp_prefix(char *buf, int buf_size)
 	struct timespec ts;
 	long usec;
 
+	if (!g_log_timestamps) {
+		buf[0] = '\0';
+		return;
+	}
+
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
 	info = localtime(&ts.tv_sec);
 	usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
diff --git a/lib/log/spdk_log.map b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
index 84629d555..60283d263 100644
--- a/lib/log/spdk_log.map
+++ b/lib/log/spdk_log.map
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	spdk_log_set_flag;
 	spdk_log_clear_flag;
 	spdk_log_usage;
+	spdk_log_enable_timestamps;
 
 	# functions used by other SPDK libraries
 	spdk_log_register_flag;
diff --git a/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c b/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
index f223c1734..ad6264d85 100644
--- a/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
+++ b/module/event/rpc/app_rpc.c
@@ -540,4 +540,36 @@ err:
 	free(ctx);
 }
 SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("thread_set_cpumask", rpc_thread_set_cpumask, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+
+struct rpc_log_enable_timestamps {
+	bool enabled;
+};
+
+static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_log_enable_timestamps_decoders[] = {
+	{"enabled", offsetof(struct rpc_log_enable_timestamps, enabled), spdk_json_decode_bool},
+};
+
+static void
+rpc_log_enable_timestamps(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+			  const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+{
+	struct rpc_log_enable_timestamps req = {};
+	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
+
+	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_log_enable_timestamps_decoders,
+				    SPDK_COUNTOF(rpc_log_enable_timestamps_decoders),
+				    &req)) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
+		spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
+						 "spdk_json_decode_object failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spdk_log_enable_timestamps(req.enabled);
+
+	w = spdk_jsonrpc_begin_result(request);
+	spdk_json_write_bool(w, true);
+	spdk_jsonrpc_end_result(request, w);
+}
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("log_enable_timestamps", rpc_log_enable_timestamps, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
 SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT("APP_RPC", SPDK_LOG_APP_RPC)
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index ed1d5b6fd..87957af29 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2411,6 +2411,15 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p.add_argument('-m', '--cpumask', help='cpumask for this thread')
     p.set_defaults(func=thread_set_cpumask)
 
+    def log_enable_timestamps(args):
+        ret = rpc.app.log_enable_timestamps(args.client,
+                                            enabled=args.enabled)
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('log_enable_timestamps',
+                              help='Enable or disable timestamps.')
+    p.add_argument('-d', '--disable', dest='enabled', default=False, action='store_false', help="Disable timestamps")
+    p.add_argument('-e', '--enable', dest='enabled', action='store_true', help="Enable timestamps")
+    p.set_defaults(func=log_enable_timestamps)
+
     def thread_get_pollers(args):
         print_dict(rpc.app.thread_get_pollers(args.client))
 
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/app.py b/scripts/rpc/app.py
index 9412de17d..3d25ee70f 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/app.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/app.py
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ def thread_set_cpumask(client, id, cpumask):
     return client.call('thread_set_cpumask', params)
 
 
+def log_enable_timestamps(client, enabled):
+    """Enable or disable timestamps.
+
+    Args:
+        value: on or off
+
+    Returns:
+        None
+    """
+    params = {'enabled': enabled}
+    return client.call('log_enable_timestamps', params)
+
+
 def thread_get_pollers(client):
     """Query current pollers.