diff --git a/icinga-app/icinga.cpp b/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
index 192c1e722..b59ff4fd7 100644
--- a/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
+++ b/icinga-app/icinga.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ int Main(void)
 		    &GlobalArgumentCompletion, true, autoindex);
 		rc = 0;
 	} else if (command) {
+		Logger::DisableTimestamp(true);
 #ifndef _WIN32
 		if (command->GetImpersonationLevel() == ImpersonateRoot) {
 			if (getuid() != 0) {
diff --git a/lib/base/logger.cpp b/lib/base/logger.cpp
index 85ec07f56..c3ffb5ab6 100644
--- a/lib/base/logger.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/logger.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ INITIALIZE_ONCE(&Logger::StaticInitialize);
 std::set<Logger::Ptr> Logger::m_Loggers;
 boost::mutex Logger::m_Mutex;
 bool Logger::m_ConsoleLogEnabled = true;
+bool Logger::m_TimestampEnabled = true;
 LogSeverity Logger::m_ConsoleLogSeverity = LogInformation;
 
 void Logger::StaticInitialize(void)
@@ -198,3 +199,13 @@ LogSeverity Logger::GetConsoleLogSeverity(void)
 {
 	return m_ConsoleLogSeverity;
 }
+
+void Logger::DisableTimestamp(bool disable)
+{
+	m_TimestampEnabled = !disable;
+}
+
+bool Logger::IsTimestampEnabled(void)
+{
+	return m_TimestampEnabled;
+}
diff --git a/lib/base/logger.hpp b/lib/base/logger.hpp
index cd4c31390..f434de7bd 100644
--- a/lib/base/logger.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/logger.hpp
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ public:
 
 	static void DisableConsoleLog(void);
 	static bool IsConsoleLogEnabled(void);
+	static void DisableTimestamp(bool);
+	static bool IsTimestampEnabled(void);
 
 	static void SetConsoleLogSeverity(LogSeverity logSeverity);
 	static LogSeverity GetConsoleLogSeverity(void);
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ private:
 	static boost::mutex m_Mutex;
 	static std::set<Logger::Ptr> m_Loggers;
 	static bool m_ConsoleLogEnabled;
+	static bool m_TimestampEnabled;
 	static LogSeverity m_ConsoleLogSeverity;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/base/streamlogger.cpp b/lib/base/streamlogger.cpp
index d5fd39ad0..fbfb6c617 100644
--- a/lib/base/streamlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/streamlogger.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void StreamLogger::BindStream(std::ostream *stream, bool ownsStream)
 
 	m_Stream = stream;
 	m_OwnsStream = ownsStream;
-	
+
 	m_FlushLogTimer = make_shared<Timer>();
 	m_FlushLogTimer->SetInterval(1);
 	m_FlushLogTimer->OnTimerExpired.connect(boost::bind(&StreamLogger::FlushLogTimerHandler, this));
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ void StreamLogger::ProcessLogEntry(std::ostream& stream, const LogEntry& entry)
 
 	boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_Mutex);
 
-	stream << "[" << timestamp << "] ";
+	if (Logger::IsTimestampEnabled())
+		stream << "[" << timestamp << "] ";
 
 	int color;
 
@@ -137,4 +138,3 @@ void StreamLogger::ProcessLogEntry(const LogEntry& entry)
 {
 	ProcessLogEntry(*m_Stream, entry);
 }
-
diff --git a/lib/cli/daemoncommand.cpp b/lib/cli/daemoncommand.cpp
index 0fe56ebc8..ca4074d8b 100644
--- a/lib/cli/daemoncommand.cpp
+++ b/lib/cli/daemoncommand.cpp
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ std::vector<String> DaemonCommand::GetArgumentSuggestions(const String& argument
  */
 int DaemonCommand::Run(const po::variables_map& vm, const std::vector<std::string>& ap) const
 {
+	if (!vm.count("validate"))
+		Logger::DisableTimestamp(false);
+
 	ScriptVariable::Set("UseVfork", true, false, true);
 
 	Application::MakeVariablesConstant();