diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
index 2d0f117e81..9970f1339a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		public void SendMessage(string text)
 		{
 			DispatchOrdersToClients(null, 0, new ServerOrder("Message", text).Serialize());
+
+			if (Settings.Dedicated)
+				Console.WriteLine("[{0}] {1}".F(DateTime.Now.ToString(Settings.TimestampFormat), text));
 		}
 
 		void InterpretServerOrder(Connection conn, ServerOrder so)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
index cc2a4c7889..c2de62e201 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public bool DedicatedLoop = true;
 		public bool LockBots = false;
 		public bool AllowVersionMismatch = false;
+		public string TimestampFormat = "HH:mm";
 
 		public ServerSettings() { }