diff --git a/daemon/events/events.go b/daemon/events/events.go
index 6687e2f155..0334dece47 100644
--- a/daemon/events/events.go
+++ b/daemon/events/events.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ func (e *Events) Evict(l chan interface{}) {
 // Log broadcasts event to listeners. Each listener has 100 millisecond for
 // receiving event or it will be skipped.
 func (e *Events) Log(action, id, from string) {
-	jm := &jsonmessage.JSONMessage{Status: action, ID: id, From: from, Time: time.Now().UTC().Unix()}
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	jm := &jsonmessage.JSONMessage{Status: action, ID: id, From: from, Time: now.Unix(), TimeNano: now.UnixNano()}
 	e.mu.Lock()
 	if len(e.events) == cap(e.events) {
 		// discard oldest event
diff --git a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
index 2b6b4c9503..8cf91ee145 100644
--- a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
+++ b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ This section lists each version from latest to oldest.  Each listing includes a
 * The `hostConfig` option now accepts the field `DnsOptions`, which specifies a
 list of DNS options to be used in the container.
 * `POST /build` now optionally takes a serialized map of build-time variables.
+* `GET /events` now includes a `timenano` field, in addition to the existing `time` field.
 
 ### v1.20 API changes
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21.md b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21.md
index 0ac6040555..a5a3f220ce 100644
--- a/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21.md
+++ b/docs/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.21.md
@@ -2014,10 +2014,10 @@ and Docker images report:
     HTTP/1.1 200 OK
     Content-Type: application/json
 
-    {"status": "create", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067924}
-    {"status": "start", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067924}
-    {"status": "stop", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067966}
-    {"status": "destroy", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067970}
+    {"status":"pull","id":"busybox:latest","time":1442421700,"timeNano":1442421700598988358}
+    {"status":"create","id":"5745704abe9caa5","from":"busybox","time":1442421716,"timeNano":1442421716853979870}
+    {"status":"attach","id":"5745704abe9caa5","from":"busybox","time":1442421716,"timeNano":1442421716894759198}
+    {"status":"start","id":"5745704abe9caa5","from":"busybox","time":1442421716,"timeNano":1442421716983607193}
 
 Query Parameters:
 
diff --git a/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage.go b/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage.go
index f12547c664..451c6a9fd2 100644
--- a/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage.go
+++ b/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ type JSONMessage struct {
 	ID              string        `json:"id,omitempty"`
 	From            string        `json:"from,omitempty"`
 	Time            int64         `json:"time,omitempty"`
+	TimeNano        int64         `json:"timeNano,omitempty"`
 	Error           *JSONError    `json:"errorDetail,omitempty"`
 	ErrorMessage    string        `json:"error,omitempty"` //deprecated
 }
@@ -121,7 +122,9 @@ func (jm *JSONMessage) Display(out io.Writer, isTerminal bool) error {
 	} else if jm.Progress != nil && jm.Progress.String() != "" { //disable progressbar in non-terminal
 		return nil
 	}
-	if jm.Time != 0 {
+	if jm.TimeNano != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s ", time.Unix(0, jm.TimeNano).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed))
+	} else if jm.Time != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s ", time.Unix(jm.Time, 0).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed))
 	}
 	if jm.ID != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage_test.go b/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage_test.go
index 889b0ba5e2..7f46a8f63e 100644
--- a/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/jsonmessage/jsonmessage_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestProgress(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJSONMessageDisplay(t *testing.T) {
-	now := time.Now().Unix()
+	now := time.Now()
 	messages := map[JSONMessage][]string{
 		// Empty
 		JSONMessage{}: {"\n", "\n"},
@@ -66,13 +66,34 @@ func TestJSONMessageDisplay(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		// General
 		JSONMessage{
-			Time:   now,
+			Time:   now.Unix(),
 			ID:     "ID",
 			From:   "From",
 			Status: "status",
 		}: {
-			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(now, 0).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(now, 0).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(now.Unix(), 0).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(now.Unix(), 0).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+		},
+		// General, with nano precision time
+		JSONMessage{
+			TimeNano: now.UnixNano(),
+			ID:       "ID",
+			From:     "From",
+			Status:   "status",
+		}: {
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(0, now.UnixNano()).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(0, now.UnixNano()).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+		},
+		// General, with both times Nano is preferred
+		JSONMessage{
+			Time:     now.Unix(),
+			TimeNano: now.UnixNano(),
+			ID:       "ID",
+			From:     "From",
+			Status:   "status",
+		}: {
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(0, now.UnixNano()).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%v ID: (from From) status\n", time.Unix(0, now.UnixNano()).Format(timeutils.RFC3339NanoFixed)),
 		},
 		// Stream over status
 		JSONMessage{