diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgReportView.ui b/src/Gui/DlgReportView.ui
index 45e2a5d682..58e835cb04 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgReportView.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgReportView.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>432</width>
-    <height>411</height>
+    <height>500</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -166,6 +166,25 @@ on-screen while displaying the log message</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="7" column="0">
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefCheckBox" name="checkShowReportTimecode">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Include a timecode for each report</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Include a timecode for each entry</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="checked">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>checkShowReportTimecode</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>OutputWindow</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -553,6 +572,7 @@ from Python console to Report view panel</string>
   <tabstop>checkShowReportViewOnError</tabstop>
   <tabstop>checkShowReportViewOnNormalMessage</tabstop>
   <tabstop>checkShowReportViewOnLogMessage</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>checkShowReportTimecode</tabstop>
   <tabstop>colorText</tabstop>
   <tabstop>colorLogging</tabstop>
   <tabstop>colorWarning</tabstop>
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgReportViewImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgReportViewImp.cpp
index a53adb767c..9da5eb8dbe 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgReportViewImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgReportViewImp.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ void DlgReportViewImp::saveSettings()
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnError->onSave();
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnNormalMessage->onSave();
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnLogMessage->onSave();
+    ui->checkShowReportTimecode->onSave();
     ui->colorText->onSave();
     ui->colorLogging->onSave();
     ui->colorWarning->onSave();
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ void DlgReportViewImp::loadSettings()
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnError->onRestore();
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnNormalMessage->onRestore();
     ui->checkShowReportViewOnLogMessage->onRestore();
+    ui->checkShowReportTimecode->onRestore();
     ui->colorText->onRestore();
     ui->colorLogging->onRestore();
     ui->colorWarning->onRestore();
diff --git a/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp b/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
index e290178dc5..0c35e0c426 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ReportView.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # include <QContextMenuEvent>
 # include <QTextCursor>
 # include <QTextStream>
+# include <QTime>
 # include <QDockWidget>
 # include <QPointer>
 #endif
@@ -415,7 +416,17 @@ void ReportOutput::SendLog(const std::string& msg, Base::LogStyle level)
             break;
     }
 
-    QString qMsg = QString::fromUtf8(msg.c_str());
+    QString qMsg;
+
+    bool showTimecode = getWindowParameter()->GetBool("checkShowReportTimecode", true);
+    if (showTimecode) {
+        QTime time = QTime::currentTime();
+        qMsg = time.toString(QLatin1String("hh:mm:ss  "));
+        qMsg += QString::fromUtf8(msg.c_str());
+    }
+    else {
+        qMsg = QString::fromUtf8(msg.c_str());
+    }
 
     // This truncates log messages that are too long
     if (style == ReportHighlighter::LogText) {