diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6e78fb02d5fee936f3c783114b269aee283bb575..2cc6145ecb0889f4bd6b7b3b87d5745add377f79 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Logging
    individual queue, the PAUSEALL/UNPAUSEALL event will only be logged if at
    least one member of any queue exists for that interface.
 
+ * Added the 'queue_log_realtime_use_gmt' option to have timestamps in GMT
+   for realtime queue log entries.
+
 Queue
 -------------------
  * Add queue available hint.  exten => 8501,hint,Queue:markq_avail
diff --git a/configs/logger.conf.sample b/configs/logger.conf.sample
index 406d6d8202cb36382225270348a5f1dc8ca78bf5..173fce9a38596f2ae30d29b01ed20c4eeab63f75 100644
--- a/configs/logger.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/logger.conf.sample
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 ; (defaults to queue_log)
 ;queue_log_name = queue_log
 ;
+; When using realtime for the queue log, use GMT for the timestamp
+; instead of localtime.  The default of this option is 'no'.
+;queue_log_realtime_use_gmt = yes
+;
 ; Log rotation strategy:
 ; none:  Do not perform any logrotation at all.  You should make
 ;        very sure to set up some external logrotate mechanism
diff --git a/main/logger.c b/main/logger.c
index 3caea6cc53604203c824bf7df620364b705ebf49..656117ce54439d9e01f2c3c1c345ab623d3befe7 100644
--- a/main/logger.c
+++ b/main/logger.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static struct {
 	unsigned int queue_log:1;
 	unsigned int queue_log_to_file:1;
 	unsigned int queue_adaptive_realtime:1;
+	unsigned int queue_log_realtime_use_gmt:1;
 } logfiles = { 1 };
 
 static char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
@@ -427,6 +428,9 @@ static void init_logger_chain(int locked, const char *altconf)
 	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "queue_log_name"))) {
 		ast_copy_string(queue_log_name, s, sizeof(queue_log_name));
 	}
+	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "queue_log_realtime_use_gmt"))) {
+		logfiles.queue_log_realtime_use_gmt = ast_true(s);
+	}
 	if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "exec_after_rotate"))) {
 		ast_copy_string(exec_after_rotate, s, sizeof(exec_after_rotate));
 	}
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ void ast_queue_log(const char *queuename, const char *callid, const char *agent,
 
 	if (ast_check_realtime("queue_log")) {
 		tv = ast_tvnow();
-		ast_localtime(&tv, &tm, NULL);
+		ast_localtime(&tv, &tm, logfiles.queue_log_realtime_use_gmt ? "GMT" : NULL);
 		ast_strftime(time_str, sizeof(time_str), "%F %T.%6q", &tm);
 		va_start(ap, fmt);
 		vsnprintf(qlog_msg, sizeof(qlog_msg), fmt, ap);