diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 7c457a91a..dd0c0208a 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_TIME) += time.o
 
 //usage:#define time_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "[-vp] PROG ARGS"
+//usage:       "[-vpa] [-o FILE] PROG ARGS"
 //usage:#define time_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "Run PROG, display resource usage when it exits\n"
 //usage:     "\n	-v	Verbose"
 //usage:     "\n	-p	POSIX output format"
+//usage:     "\n	-o FILE	Write result to FILE"
+//usage:     "\n	-a	Append (else overwrite)"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include <sys/resource.h> /* getrusage */
@@ -414,28 +416,47 @@ int time_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
 	resource_t res;
 	const char *output_format = default_format;
+	char *output_filename;
+	int output_fd;
 	int opt;
+	int ex;
+	enum {
+		OPT_v = (1 << 0),
+		OPT_p = (1 << 1),
+		OPT_a = (1 << 2),
+		OPT_o = (1 << 3),
+	};
 
 	opt_complementary = "-1"; /* at least one arg */
 	/* "+": stop on first non-option */
-	opt = getopt32(argv, "+vp");
+	opt = getopt32(argv, "+vpao:", &output_filename);
 	argv += optind;
-	if (opt & 1)
+	if (opt & OPT_v)
 		output_format = long_format;
-	if (opt & 2)
+	if (opt & OPT_p)
 		output_format = posix_format;
+	output_fd = STDERR_FILENO;
+	if (opt & OPT_o) {
+		output_fd = xopen(output_filename,
+			(opt & OPT_a) /* append? */
+			? (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_APPEND)
+			: (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC | O_TRUNC)
+		);
+	}
 
 	run_command(argv, &res);
 
 	/* Cheat. printf's are shorter :) */
-	xdup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+	xdup2(output_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
 	summarize(output_format, argv, &res);
 
+	ex = WEXITSTATUS(res.waitstatus);
+	/* Impossible: we do not use WUNTRACED flag in wait()...
 	if (WIFSTOPPED(res.waitstatus))
-		return WSTOPSIG(res.waitstatus);
+		ex = WSTOPSIG(res.waitstatus);
+	*/
 	if (WIFSIGNALED(res.waitstatus))
-		return WTERMSIG(res.waitstatus);
-	if (WIFEXITED(res.waitstatus))
-		return WEXITSTATUS(res.waitstatus);
-	fflush_stdout_and_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		ex = WTERMSIG(res.waitstatus);
+
+	fflush_stdout_and_exit(ex);
 }