diff --git a/core/command/upgrade.php b/core/command/upgrade.php
index ac0d72a8940550ffcaa9f8883a0f2bf2f4e91cb9..14478f88b052b72cf92d2f4fd8e6cf2ad0d7b47f 100644
--- a/core/command/upgrade.php
+++ b/core/command/upgrade.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Core\Command;
 
+use OC\Console\TimestampFormatter;
 use OC\Updater;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 		}
 
 		if(\OC::checkUpgrade(false)) {
+			if (OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL < $output->getVerbosity()) {
+				// Prepend each line with a little timestamp
+				$timestampFormatter = new TimestampFormatter($this->config, $output->getFormatter());
+				$output->setFormatter($timestampFormatter);
+			}
+
 			$self = $this;
 			$updater = new Updater(\OC::$server->getHTTPHelper(),
 				\OC::$server->getConfig());
@@ -130,9 +137,11 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'updateEnd',
 				function ($success) use($output, $updateStepEnabled, $self) {
 					$mode = $updateStepEnabled ? 'Update' : 'Update simulation';
-					$status = $success ? 'successful' : 'failed' ;
-					$type = $success ? 'info' : 'error';
-					$message = "<$type>$mode $status</$type>";
+					if ($success) {
+						$message = "<info>$mode successful</info>";
+					} else {
+						$message = "<error>$mode failed</error>";
+					}
 					$output->writeln($message);
 				});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'dbUpgrade', function () use($output) {
diff --git a/lib/private/console/timestampformatter.php b/lib/private/console/timestampformatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0c0f4c45202d8d2fddaa850d338e7cef581e2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/console/timestampformatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Joas Schilling <nickvergessen@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015, ownCloud, Inc.
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Console;
+
+
+use OCP\IConfig;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatterInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatterStyleInterface;
+
+class TimestampFormatter implements OutputFormatterInterface {
+	/** @var IConfig */
+	protected $config;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IConfig $config
+	 * @param OutputFormatterInterface $formatter
+	 */
+	public function __construct(IConfig $config, OutputFormatterInterface $formatter) {
+		$this->config = $config;
+		$this->formatter = $formatter;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the decorated flag.
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $decorated Whether to decorate the messages or not
+	 */
+	public function setDecorated($decorated) {
+		$this->formatter->setDecorated($decorated);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the decorated flag.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool true if the output will decorate messages, false otherwise
+	 */
+	public function isDecorated() {
+		return $this->formatter->isDecorated();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets a new style.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The style name
+	 * @param OutputFormatterStyleInterface $style The style instance
+	 */
+	public function setStyle($name, OutputFormatterStyleInterface $style) {
+		$this->formatter->setStyle($name, $style);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if output formatter has style with specified name.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasStyle($name) {
+		$this->formatter->hasStyle($name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets style options from style with specified name.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return OutputFormatterStyleInterface
+	 */
+	public function getStyle($name) {
+		return $this->formatter->getStyle($name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Formats a message according to the given styles.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $message The message to style
+	 * @return string The styled message, prepended with a timestamp using the
+	 * log timezone and dateformat, e.g. "2015-06-23T17:24:37+02:00"
+	 */
+	public function format($message) {
+
+		$timeZone = $this->config->getSystemValue('logtimezone', null);
+		$timeZone = $timeZone !== null ? new \DateTimeZone($timeZone) : null;
+
+		$time = new \DateTime('now', $timeZone);
+		$timestampInfo = $time->format($this->config->getSystemValue('logdateformat', 'c'));
+
+		return $timestampInfo . ' ' . $this->formatter->format($message);
+	}
+}