diff --git a/fluentd.gemspec b/fluentd.gemspec
index 3bcddb9c96..94551a2af9 100644
--- a/fluentd.gemspec
+++ b/fluentd.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4'
 
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency("msgpack", [">= 1.2.0", "< 2.0.0"])
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency("msgpack", [">= 1.3.1", "< 2.0.0"])
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("yajl-ruby", ["~> 1.0"])
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("cool.io", [">= 1.4.5", "< 2.0.0"])
   gem.add_runtime_dependency("serverengine", [">= 2.0.4", "< 3.0.0"])
diff --git a/lib/fluent/msgpack_factory.rb b/lib/fluent/msgpack_factory.rb
index 4ae251029e..044cdf77b1 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/msgpack_factory.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/msgpack_factory.rb
@@ -70,9 +70,15 @@ def self.unpacker(*args)
       factory.unpacker(*args)
     end
 
-    def self.init
+    def self.init(enable_time_support: false)
       factory = MessagePack::Factory.new
       factory.register_type(Fluent::EventTime::TYPE, Fluent::EventTime)
+      if enable_time_support
+        factory.register_type(
+          MessagePack::Timestamp::TYPE, Time,
+          packer: MessagePack::Time::Packer,
+          unpacker: MessagePack::Time::Unpacker)
+      end
       @@engine_factory = factory
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb b/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
index c7e83da3db..db1b35a012 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def run_supervisor(dry_run: false)
 
       begin
         ServerEngine::Privilege.change(@chuser, @chgroup)
-        MessagePackFactory.init
+        MessagePackFactory.init(enable_time_support: @system_config.enable_msgpack_time_support)
         Fluent::Engine.init(@system_config, supervisor_mode: true)
         Fluent::Engine.run_configure(@conf, dry_run: dry_run)
       rescue Fluent::ConfigError => e
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def run_worker
       main_process do
         create_socket_manager if @standalone_worker
         ServerEngine::Privilege.change(@chuser, @chgroup) if @standalone_worker
-        MessagePackFactory.init
+        MessagePackFactory.init(enable_time_support: @system_config.enable_msgpack_time_support)
         Fluent::Engine.init(@system_config)
         Fluent::Engine.run_configure(@conf)
         Fluent::Engine.run
diff --git a/lib/fluent/system_config.rb b/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
index f3f9420c20..e5d2b4401c 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class SystemConfig
       :log_event_verbose,
       :without_source, :rpc_endpoint, :enable_get_dump, :process_name,
       :file_permission, :dir_permission, :counter_server, :counter_client,
-      :strict_config_value
+      :strict_config_value, :enable_msgpack_time_support
     ]
 
     config_param :workers,   :integer, default: 1
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class SystemConfig
     config_param :enable_get_dump, :bool, default: nil
     config_param :process_name,    :string, default: nil
     config_param :strict_config_value, :bool, default: nil
+    config_param :enable_msgpack_time_support, :bool, default: nil
     config_param :file_permission, default: nil do |v|
       v.to_i(8)
     end
diff --git a/test/config/test_system_config.rb b/test/config/test_system_config.rb
index b347ae5a2b..6297e64314 100644
--- a/test/config/test_system_config.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_system_config.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def parse_text(text)
       assert_nil(sc.emit_error_log_interval)
       assert_nil(sc.suppress_config_dump)
       assert_nil(sc.without_source)
+      assert_nil(sc.enable_msgpack_time_support)
       assert_equal(:text, sc.log.format)
       assert_equal('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z', sc.log.time_format)
     end
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ def parse_text(text)
       'suppress_config_dump' => ['suppress_config_dump', true],
       'without_source' => ['without_source', true],
       'strict_config_value' => ['strict_config_value', true],
+      'enable_msgpack_time_support' => ['enable_msgpack_time_support', true],
     )
     test "accepts parameters" do |(k, v)|
       conf = parse_text(<<-EOS)