diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index fcc3be182021f8deab66f05b41a767d1702f6485..7ccd823ac812f20e0567dbde907055a18344bdce 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ long long ustime(void) {
     return ust;
 }
 
+/* Return the UNIX time in milliseconds */
+long long mstime(void) {
+    return ustime()/1000;
+}
+
 /*====================== Hash table type implementation  ==================== */
 
 /* This is an hash table type that uses the SDS dynamic strings libary as
diff --git a/src/redis.h b/src/redis.h
index 8cc2474f4ce4faf8fe39a13fd7e4e270e006fc71..53507c8897d1b5c2ab1faacda16be3a6fcfab105 100644
--- a/src/redis.h
+++ b/src/redis.h
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ dictType hashDictType;
 
 /* Utils */
 long long ustime(void);
+long long mstime(void);
 
 /* networking.c -- Networking and Client related operations */
 redisClient *createClient(int fd);