diff --git a/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h b/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
index a8062d13e..77e7d933c 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # define _HAPROXY_EVENT_HDL_T_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #include <haproxy/api-t.h>
 
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ struct event_hdl_async_event
 	 */
 	void					*data;
 	void	 				*private;
+	struct timeval				when;
 	struct event_hdl_sub_mgmt		sub_mgmt;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/event_hdl.c b/src/event_hdl.c
index 5ec81236c..7bf0f16d5 100644
--- a/src/event_hdl.c
+++ b/src/event_hdl.c
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ static int _event_hdl_publish(event_hdl_sub_list *sub_list, struct event_hdl_sub
 				}
 				new_event->type = e_type;
 				new_event->private = cur_sub->hdl.private;
+				new_event->when = date;
 				new_event->sub_mgmt = EVENT_HDL_SUB_MGMT_ASYNC(cur_sub);
 				if (data) {
 					/* if this fails, please adjust EVENT_HDL_ASYNC_EVENT_DATA in