diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.c b/src/basic/time-util.c
index b659d6905d..c0841af8f3 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.c
@@ -320,11 +320,13 @@ char *format_timestamp_style(
         time_t sec;
         size_t n;
         bool utc = false, us = false;
+        int r;
 
         assert(buf);
 
         switch (style) {
                 case TIMESTAMP_PRETTY:
+                case TIMESTAMP_UNIX:
                         break;
                 case TIMESTAMP_US:
                         us = true;
@@ -350,6 +352,14 @@ char *format_timestamp_style(
         if (t <= 0 || t == USEC_INFINITY)
                 return NULL; /* Timestamp is unset */
 
+        if (style == TIMESTAMP_UNIX) {
+                r = snprintf(buf, l, "@" USEC_FMT, t / USEC_PER_SEC);  /* round down µs → s */
+                if (r < 0 || (size_t) r >= l)
+                        return NULL; /* Doesn't fit */
+
+                return buf;
+        }
+
         /* Let's not format times with years > 9999 */
         if (t > USEC_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTABLE_MAX) {
                 assert(l >= STRLEN("--- XXXX-XX-XX XX:XX:XX") + 1);
@@ -1632,6 +1642,7 @@ static const char* const timestamp_style_table[_TIMESTAMP_STYLE_MAX] = {
         [TIMESTAMP_US] = "us",
         [TIMESTAMP_UTC] = "utc",
         [TIMESTAMP_US_UTC] = "us+utc",
+        [TIMESTAMP_UNIX] = "unix",
 };
 
 /* Use the macro for enum → string to allow for aliases */
diff --git a/src/basic/time-util.h b/src/basic/time-util.h
index 895af88299..01a72026e3 100644
--- a/src/basic/time-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/time-util.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef enum TimestampStyle {
         TIMESTAMP_US,
         TIMESTAMP_UTC,
         TIMESTAMP_US_UTC,
+        TIMESTAMP_UNIX,
         _TIMESTAMP_STYLE_MAX,
         _TIMESTAMP_STYLE_INVALID = -EINVAL,
 } TimestampStyle;
diff --git a/src/test/test-time-util.c b/src/test/test-time-util.c
index 554693834b..799d271a44 100644
--- a/src/test/test-time-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-time-util.c
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ TEST(format_timestamp) {
                 assert_se(parse_timestamp(buf, &y) >= 0);
                 assert_se(x / USEC_PER_SEC == y / USEC_PER_SEC);
 
+                assert_se(format_timestamp_style(buf, sizeof(buf), x, TIMESTAMP_UNIX));
+                log_debug("%s", buf);
+                assert_se(parse_timestamp(buf, &y) >= 0);
+                assert_se(x / USEC_PER_SEC == y / USEC_PER_SEC);
+
                 assert_se(format_timestamp_style(buf, sizeof(buf), x, TIMESTAMP_UTC));
                 log_debug("%s", buf);
                 assert_se(parse_timestamp(buf, &y) >= 0);