diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b2773953d..e08b79418 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3535,7 +3535,7 @@ void static ProcessGetData(CNode* pfrom)
     }
 }
 
-bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
+bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv, int64_t nTimeReceived)
 {
     RandAddSeedPerfmon();
     LogPrint("net", "received: %s (%u bytes) peer=%d\n", strCommand, vRecv.size(), pfrom->id);
@@ -4045,7 +4045,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
 
     else if (strCommand == "pong")
     {
-        int64_t pingUsecEnd = GetTimeMicros();
+        int64_t pingUsecEnd = nTimeReceived;
         uint64_t nonce = 0;
         size_t nAvail = vRecv.in_avail();
         bool bPingFinished = false;
@@ -4296,7 +4296,7 @@ bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom)
         bool fRet = false;
         try
         {
-            fRet = ProcessMessage(pfrom, strCommand, vRecv);
+            fRet = ProcessMessage(pfrom, strCommand, vRecv, msg.nTime);
             boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
         }
         catch (std::ios_base::failure& e)
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index c7bdb83aa..6a660dc9b 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -655,6 +655,9 @@ bool CNode::ReceiveMsgBytes(const char *pch, unsigned int nBytes)
 
         pch += handled;
         nBytes -= handled;
+
+        if (msg.complete())
+            msg.nTime = GetTimeMicros();
     }
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 3b169f442..c2a041645 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -173,11 +173,14 @@ public:
     CDataStream vRecv;              // received message data
     unsigned int nDataPos;
 
+    int64_t nTime;                  // time (in microseconds) of message receipt.
+
     CNetMessage(int nTypeIn, int nVersionIn) : hdrbuf(nTypeIn, nVersionIn), vRecv(nTypeIn, nVersionIn) {
         hdrbuf.resize(24);
         in_data = false;
         nHdrPos = 0;
         nDataPos = 0;
+        nTime = 0;
     }
 
     bool complete() const