diff --git a/include/haproxy/time.h b/include/haproxy/time.h
index 87bc365..93dd840 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/time.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/time.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 extern THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval before_poll;      /* system date before calling poll() */
 extern THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval after_poll;       /* system date after leaving poll() */
 extern volatile unsigned long long global_now;
+extern volatile unsigned int global_now_ms;
 
 
 /**** exported functions *************************************************/
diff --git a/src/time.c b/src/time.c
index d5344d2..0cfc9bf 100644
--- a/src/time.c
+++ b/src/time.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <haproxy/api.h>
 #include <haproxy/time.h>
+#include <haproxy/ticks.h>
 #include <haproxy/tools.h>
 
 THREAD_LOCAL unsigned int   ms_left_scaled;  /* milliseconds left for current second (0..2^32-1) */
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 
 static THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval tv_offset;  /* per-thread time ofsset relative to global time */
 volatile unsigned long long global_now;      /* common date between all threads (32:32) */
+volatile unsigned int global_now_ms;         /* common date in milliseconds (may wrap) */
 
 static THREAD_LOCAL unsigned int iso_time_sec;     /* last iso time value for this thread */
 static THREAD_LOCAL char         iso_time_str[34]; /* ISO time representation of gettimeofday() */
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@
 {
 	struct timeval adjusted, deadline, tmp_now, tmp_adj;
 	unsigned int   curr_sec_ms;     /* millisecond of current second (0..999) */
+	unsigned int old_now_ms, new_now_ms;
 	unsigned long long old_now;
 	unsigned long long new_now;
 
@@ -260,6 +263,15 @@
 	 */
 	ms_left_scaled = (999U - curr_sec_ms) * 4294967U;
 	now_ms = now.tv_sec * 1000 + curr_sec_ms;
+
+	/* update the global current millisecond */
+	old_now_ms = global_now_ms;
+	do {
+		new_now_ms = old_now_ms;
+		if (tick_is_lt(new_now_ms, now_ms))
+			new_now_ms = now_ms;
+	}  while (!_HA_ATOMIC_CAS(&global_now_ms, &old_now_ms, new_now_ms));
+
 	return;
 }