diff --git a/core/command/upgrade.php b/core/command/upgrade.php
index 8bdcd3fd6c277a5b4cc7a0edfb539b0706d09d0e..77ff7fd5e1f3c08ba85e8ece0267b6cd80a6de24 100644
--- a/core/command/upgrade.php
+++ b/core/command/upgrade.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace OC\Core\Command;
 
+use OC\Console\TimestampFormatter;
 use OC\Updater;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -46,11 +47,6 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 	 */
 	private $config;
 
-	/**
-	 * @var bool
-	 */
-	private $showTimestamp = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * @param IConfig $config
 	 */
@@ -80,12 +76,6 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 				null,
 				InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
 				'skips the disable of third party apps'
-			)
-			->addOption(
-				'--show-timestamp',
-				null,
-				InputOption::VALUE_NONE,
-				'show timestamp for each output during upgrade'
 			);
 	}
 
@@ -110,9 +100,6 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 		if ($input->getOption('no-app-disable')) {
 			$skip3rdPartyAppsDisable = true;
 		}
-		if ($input->getOption('show-timestamp')) {
-			$this->showTimestamp = true;
-		}
 
 		if (!$simulateStepEnabled && !$updateStepEnabled) {
 			$output->writeln(
@@ -123,6 +110,12 @@ 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());
@@ -132,54 +125,56 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 			$updater->setSkip3rdPartyAppsDisable($skip3rdPartyAppsDisable);
 
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'maintenanceEnabled', function () use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Turned on maintenance mode</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Turned on maintenance mode</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'maintenanceDisabled', function () use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Turned off maintenance mode</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Turned off maintenance mode</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'maintenanceActive', function () use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Maintenance mode is kept active</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Maintenance mode is kept active</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'updateEnd',
 				function ($success) use($output, $updateStepEnabled, $self) {
 					$mode = $updateStepEnabled ? 'Update' : 'Update simulation';
-					$status = $success ? 'successful' : 'failed' ;
-					$type = $success ? 'info' : 'error';
-					$message = "<$type>$mode $status</$type>";
-					$this->writeln($output, $message);
+					if ($success) {
+						$message = "<info>$mode successful</info>";
+					} else {
+						$message = "<error>$mode failed</error>";
+					}
+					$output->writeln($message);
 				});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'dbUpgrade', function () use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Updated database</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Updated database</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'dbSimulateUpgrade', function () use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Checked database schema update</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Checked database schema update</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'incompatibleAppDisabled', function ($app) use($output) {
-				$$this->writeln($output, '<info>Disabled incompatible app: ' . $app . '</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Disabled incompatible app: ' . $app . '</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'thirdPartyAppDisabled', function ($app) use ($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Disabled 3rd-party app: ' . $app . '</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Disabled 3rd-party app: ' . $app . '</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'upgradeAppStoreApp', function ($app) use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Update 3rd-party app: ' . $app . '</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Update 3rd-party app: ' . $app . '</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'repairWarning', function ($app) use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<error>Repair warning: ' . $app . '</error>');
+				$output->writeln('<error>Repair warning: ' . $app . '</error>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'repairError', function ($app) use($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<error>Repair error: ' . $app . '</error>');
+				$output->writeln('<error>Repair error: ' . $app . '</error>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'appUpgradeCheck', function () use ($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, '<info>Checked database schema update for apps</info>');
+				$output->writeln('<info>Checked database schema update for apps</info>');
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'appUpgradeStarted', function ($app, $version) use ($output) {
 				$output->writeln("<info>Updating <$app> ...</info>");
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'appUpgrade', function ($app, $version) use ($output) {
-				$this->writeln($output, "<info>Updated <$app> to $version</info>");
+				$output->writeln("<info>Updated <$app> to $version</info>");
 			});
 			$updater->listen('\OC\Updater', 'failure', function ($message) use($output, $self) {
-				$this->writeln($output, "<error>$message</error>");
+				$output->writeln("<error>$message</error>");
 			});
 
 			$success = $updater->upgrade();
@@ -222,22 +217,4 @@ class Upgrade extends Command {
 			);
 		}
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Prints a line to output and adds a timestamp if needed
-	 *
-	 * @param OutputInterface $output
-	 * @param string $line
-	 */
-	protected function writeln(OutputInterface $output, $line) {
-		$t = '';
-		if($this->showTimestamp) {
-			$timeZone = $this->config->getSystemValue('logtimezone', null);
-			$timeZone = $timeZone !== null ? new \DateTimeZone($timeZone) : null;
-
-			$time = new \DateTime('now', $timeZone);
-			$t = $time->format($this->config->getSystemValue('logdateformat', 'c')) . ' ';
-		}
-		$output->writeln($t . $line);
-	}
 }
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);
+	}
+}