diff --git a/include/spdlog/stopwatch.h b/include/spdlog/stopwatch.h
index 115f56705..4a383eb44 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/stopwatch.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/stopwatch.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class stopwatch {
 
     std::chrono::duration<double> elapsed() const { return std::chrono::duration<double>(clock::now() - start_tp_); }
 
+    std::chrono::milliseconds elapsed_ms() const {
+        return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(clock::now() - start_tp_);
+    }
+
     void reset() { start_tp_ = clock::now(); }
 };
 }  // namespace spdlog