diff --git a/lib/thread.c b/lib/thread.c
index 402167c..93809f2 100644
--- a/lib/thread.c
+++ b/lib/thread.c
@@ -518,6 +518,46 @@
   return thread;
 }
 
+/* Add timer event thread with "millisecond" resolution */
+struct thread *
+funcname_thread_add_timer_msec (struct thread_master *m,
+		  int (*func) (struct thread *), void *arg, long timer, char* funcname)
+{
+  struct timeval timer_now;
+  struct thread *thread;
+#ifndef TIMER_NO_SORT
+  struct thread *tt;
+#endif /* TIMER_NO_SORT */
+
+  assert (m != NULL);
+
+  thread = thread_get (m, THREAD_TIMER, func, arg, funcname);
+
+  timer = 1000*timer; /* milli -> micro */
+
+  /* Do we need jitter here? */
+  gettimeofday (&timer_now, NULL);
+  timer_now.tv_sec += timer / TIMER_SECOND_MICRO;
+  timer_now.tv_usec += (timer % TIMER_SECOND_MICRO);
+  thread->u.sands = timer_now;
+
+  /* Sort by timeval. */
+#ifdef TIMER_NO_SORT
+  thread_list_add (&m->timer, thread);
+#else
+  for (tt = m->timer.head; tt; tt = tt->next)
+    if (timeval_cmp (thread->u.sands, tt->u.sands) <= 0)
+      break;
+
+  if (tt)
+    thread_list_add_before (&m->timer, tt, thread);
+  else
+    thread_list_add (&m->timer, thread);
+#endif /* TIMER_NO_SORT */
+
+  return thread;
+}
+
 /* Add simple event thread. */
 struct thread *
 funcname_thread_add_event (struct thread_master *m,