diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.c b/src/basic/time-util.c
index 590e2e9e08..ebf1dddb56 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.c
@@ -798,6 +798,16 @@ static int parse_timestamp_impl(const char *t, usec_t *usec, bool with_tz) {
                         goto from_tm;
         }
 
+        /* Support OUTPUT_SHORT and OUTPUT_SHORT_PRECISE formats */
+        tm = copy;
+        k = strptime(t, "%b %d %H:%M:%S", &tm);
+        if (k) {
+                if (*k == '.')
+                        goto parse_usec;
+                else if (*k == 0)
+                        goto from_tm;
+        }
+
         tm = copy;
         k = strptime(t, "%y-%m-%d %H:%M", &tm);
         if (k && *k == 0) {
diff --git a/src/test/test-date.c b/src/test/test-date.c
index 355f4e17de..b3b902e64b 100644
--- a/src/test/test-date.c
+++ b/src/test/test-date.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         test_one("12-10-03 12:13");
         test_one("2012-12-30 18:42");
         test_one("2012-10-02");
+        test_one("Mar 12 12:01:01");
+        test_one("Mar 12 12:01:01.687197");
         test_one("Tue 2012-10-02");
         test_one("yesterday");
         test_one("today");