diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile b/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
index a362e696916..78816bfe2f8 100644
--- a/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ submake-test_decoding:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(top_builddir)/contrib/test_decoding
 
 REGRESSCHECKS=ddl rewrite toast permissions decoding_in_xact decoding_into_rel \
-	binary prepared replorigin
+	binary prepared replorigin time
 
 regresscheck: | submake-regress submake-test_decoding temp-install
 	$(MKDIR_P) regression_output
diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/expected/time.out b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/time.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3b06849d697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/time.out
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+SET synchronous_commit = on;
+CREATE TABLE test_time(data text);
+-- remember the current time
+SELECT set_config('test.time_before', NOW()::text, false) IS NOT NULL;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding');
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ init
+(1 row)
+
+-- a single transaction, to get the commit time
+INSERT INTO test_time(data) VALUES ('');
+-- parse the commit time from the changeset
+SELECT set_config('test.time_after', regexp_replace(data, '^COMMIT \(at (.*)\)$', '\1'), false) IS NOT NULL
+FROM pg_logical_slot_peek_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1', 'include-timestamp', '1')
+WHERE data ~ 'COMMIT' LIMIT 1;
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+-- ensure commit time is sane in relation to the previous time
+SELECT (time_after - time_before) <= '10 minutes'::interval, time_after >= time_before
+FROM (SELECT current_setting('test.time_after')::timestamptz AS time_after, (SELECT current_setting('test.time_before')::timestamptz) AS time_before) AS d;
+ ?column? | ?column? 
+----------+----------
+ t        | t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot');
+ pg_drop_replication_slot 
+--------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/sql/time.sql b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/time.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a47c9731f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/time.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+SET synchronous_commit = on;
+
+CREATE TABLE test_time(data text);
+
+-- remember the current time
+SELECT set_config('test.time_before', NOW()::text, false) IS NOT NULL;
+
+SELECT 'init' FROM pg_create_logical_replication_slot('regression_slot', 'test_decoding');
+
+-- a single transaction, to get the commit time
+INSERT INTO test_time(data) VALUES ('');
+
+-- parse the commit time from the changeset
+SELECT set_config('test.time_after', regexp_replace(data, '^COMMIT \(at (.*)\)$', '\1'), false) IS NOT NULL
+FROM pg_logical_slot_peek_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1', 'include-timestamp', '1')
+WHERE data ~ 'COMMIT' LIMIT 1;
+
+-- ensure commit time is sane in relation to the previous time
+SELECT (time_after - time_before) <= '10 minutes'::interval, time_after >= time_before
+FROM (SELECT current_setting('test.time_after')::timestamptz AS time_after, (SELECT current_setting('test.time_before')::timestamptz) AS time_before) AS d;
+
+SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot');
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
index 88c3a4985a5..56be1ed554b 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/decode.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ DecodeCommit(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx, XLogRecordBuffer *buf,
 			 xl_xact_parsed_commit *parsed, TransactionId xid)
 {
 	XLogRecPtr	origin_lsn = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
-	XLogRecPtr	commit_time = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
+	TimestampTz	commit_time = parsed->xact_time;
 	XLogRecPtr	origin_id = XLogRecGetOrigin(buf->record);
 	int			i;