diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index c93af518e..6f6c1bc34 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -13503,6 +13503,11 @@ date([<offset>]) : integer
      # set an expires header to now+1 hour in every response
      http-response set-header Expires %[date(3600),http_date]
 
+date_us : integer
+  Return the microseconds part of the date (the "second" part is returned by
+  date sample). This sample is coherent with the date sample as it is comes
+  from the same timeval structure.
+
 distcc_body(<token>[,<occ>]) : binary
   Parses a distcc message and returns the body associated to occurrence #<occ>
   of the token <token>. Occurrences start at 1, and when unspecified, any may
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index ed2aee010..442dc70bd 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,17 @@ smp_fetch_date(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* retrieve the current microsecond part of the date  */
+static int
+smp_fetch_date_us(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private)
+{
+	smp->data.u.sint = date.tv_usec;
+	smp->data.type = SMP_T_SINT;
+	smp->flags |= SMP_F_VOL_TEST | SMP_F_MAY_CHANGE;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
 /* returns the hostname */
 static int
 smp_fetch_hostname(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private)
@@ -2768,6 +2779,7 @@ static struct sample_fetch_kw_list smp_kws = {ILH, {
 	{ "always_true",  smp_fetch_true,  0,            NULL, SMP_T_BOOL, SMP_USE_INTRN },
 	{ "env",          smp_fetch_env,   ARG1(1,STR),  NULL, SMP_T_STR,  SMP_USE_INTRN },
 	{ "date",         smp_fetch_date,  ARG1(0,SINT), NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_INTRN },
+	{ "date_us",      smp_fetch_date_us,  0,         NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_INTRN },
 	{ "hostname",     smp_fetch_hostname, 0,         NULL, SMP_T_STR,  SMP_USE_INTRN },
 	{ "nbproc",       smp_fetch_nbproc,0,            NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_INTRN },
 	{ "proc",         smp_fetch_proc,  0,            NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_INTRN },