diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index 304f89ad6..416867629 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -98,11 +98,16 @@ nb_bond=0
 # Each core write into own pcap file, which is open one time, close one time if enough.
 # Support dump the first snaplen bytes of each packet.
 # if pcap file is lager than savelen bytes, it will be closed and next file was dumped into.
+# timestamp_precision: 0 = microseconds (default, standard pcap magic 0xA1B2C3D4),
+#                      1 = nanoseconds (nanosecond pcap magic 0xA1B23C4D).
+#   Nanosecond mode uses clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME) for ns-level timestamps.
+#   Wireshark and tcpdump >= 4.0 can parse nanosecond pcap files automatically.
 [pcap]
 enable=0
 snaplen=96
 savelen=16777216
 savepath=.
+timestamp_precision=0
 
 # Port config section
 # Correspond to dpdk.port_list's index: port0, port1...
diff --git a/lib/ff_config.c b/lib/ff_config.c
index 14c193a3b..191c6589f 100644
--- a/lib/ff_config.c
+++ b/lib/ff_config.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,8 @@ ini_parse_handler(void* user, const char* section, const char* name,
             pconfig->pcap.enable = (uint16_t)atoi(value);
         } else if (strcmp(name, "savepath") == 0) {
             pconfig->pcap.save_path = strdup(value);
+        } else if (strcmp(name, "timestamp_precision") == 0) {
+            pconfig->pcap.timestamp_precision = (uint8_t)atoi(value);
         }
     } else if (strcmp(section, "rss_check") == 0) {
         return rss_check_cfg_handler(pconfig, section, name, value);
diff --git a/lib/ff_config.h b/lib/ff_config.h
index 52c4729f8..f462b0761 100644
--- a/lib/ff_config.h
+++ b/lib/ff_config.h
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ struct ff_config {
         uint16_t snap_len;
         uint32_t save_len;
         char*    save_path;
+        uint8_t  timestamp_precision; /* 0=usec (default), 1=nsec */
     } pcap;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/ff_dpdk_if.c b/lib/ff_dpdk_if.c
index 162cc4bdc..ed9e79d7e 100644
--- a/lib/ff_dpdk_if.c
+++ b/lib/ff_dpdk_if.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ init_lcore_conf(void)
 
         /* Enable pcap dump */
         if (ff_global_cfg.pcap.enable) {
-            ff_enable_pcap(ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len);
+            ff_enable_pcap(ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.timestamp_precision);
         }
 
         lcore_conf.nb_queue_list[port_id] = pconf->nb_lcores;
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ process_packets(uint16_t port_id, uint16_t queue_id, struct rte_mbuf **bufs,
 
         if (unlikely( ff_global_cfg.pcap.enable)) {
             if (!pkts_from_ring) {
-                ff_dump_packets( ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, rtem, ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_len);
+                ff_dump_packets(ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, rtem, ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.timestamp_precision);
             }
         }
 
@@ -2048,8 +2048,8 @@ send_burst(struct lcore_conf *qconf, uint16_t n, uint8_t port)
     if (unlikely(ff_global_cfg.pcap.enable)) {
         uint16_t i;
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-            ff_dump_packets( ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, m_table[i],
-               ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_len);
+            ff_dump_packets(ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_path, m_table[i],
+               ff_global_cfg.pcap.snap_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.save_len, ff_global_cfg.pcap.timestamp_precision);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.c b/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.c
index 59b90ff40..7615eb8ea 100644
--- a/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.c
+++ b/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.c
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
 #include "ff_dpdk_pcap.h"
 #define FILE_PATH_LEN 64
 #define PCAP_FILE_NUM 10
+#define PCAP_MAGIC_USEC 0xA1B2C3D4
+#define PCAP_MAGIC_NSEC 0xA1B23C4D
 
 struct pcap_file_header {
     uint32_t magic;
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ struct pcap_file_header {
 
 struct pcap_pkthdr {
     uint32_t sec;            /* time stamp */
-    uint32_t usec;           /* struct timeval time_t, in linux64: 8*2=16, in cap: 4 */
+    uint32_t usec_or_nsec;   /* usec when magic=0xA1B2C3D4, nsec when magic=0xA1B23C4D */
     uint32_t caplen;         /* length of portion present */
     uint32_t len;            /* length this packet (off wire) */
 };
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ static __thread FILE* g_pcap_fp = NULL;
 static __thread uint32_t seq = 0;
 static __thread uint32_t g_flen = 0;
 
-int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len)
+int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len, uint8_t timestamp_precision)
 {
     char pcap_f_path[FILE_PATH_LEN] = {0};
 
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len)
     struct pcap_file_header pcap_file_hdr;
     void* file_hdr = &pcap_file_hdr;
 
-    pcap_file_hdr.magic = 0xA1B2C3D4;
+    pcap_file_hdr.magic = timestamp_precision ? PCAP_MAGIC_NSEC : PCAP_MAGIC_USEC;
     pcap_file_hdr.version_major = 0x0002;
     pcap_file_hdr.version_minor = 0x0004;
     pcap_file_hdr.thiszone = 0x00000000;
@@ -83,21 +86,30 @@ int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len)
 }
 
 int
-ff_dump_packets(const char* dump_path, struct rte_mbuf* pkt, uint16_t snap_len, uint32_t f_maxlen)
+ff_dump_packets(const char* dump_path, struct rte_mbuf* pkt, uint16_t snap_len, uint32_t f_maxlen, uint8_t timestamp_precision)
 {
     unsigned int out_len = 0, wr_len = 0;
     struct pcap_pkthdr pcap_hdr;
     void* hdr = &pcap_hdr;
-    struct timeval ts;
     char pcap_f_path[FILE_PATH_LEN] = {0};
 
     if (g_pcap_fp == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
     snap_len = pkt->pkt_len < snap_len ? pkt->pkt_len : snap_len;
-    gettimeofday(&ts, NULL);
-    pcap_hdr.sec = ts.tv_sec;
-    pcap_hdr.usec = ts.tv_usec;
+
+    if (timestamp_precision) {
+        struct timespec ts;
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+        pcap_hdr.sec = ts.tv_sec;
+        pcap_hdr.usec_or_nsec = ts.tv_nsec;
+    } else {
+        struct timeval ts;
+        gettimeofday(&ts, NULL);
+        pcap_hdr.sec = ts.tv_sec;
+        pcap_hdr.usec_or_nsec = ts.tv_usec;
+    }
+
     pcap_hdr.caplen = snap_len;
     pcap_hdr.len = pkt->pkt_len;
     fwrite(hdr, sizeof(struct pcap_pkthdr), 1, g_pcap_fp);
@@ -117,7 +129,7 @@ ff_dump_packets(const char* dump_path, struct rte_mbuf* pkt, uint16_t snap_len,
         if ( ++seq >= PCAP_FILE_NUM )
             seq = 0;
         
-        ff_enable_pcap(dump_path, snap_len);
+        ff_enable_pcap(dump_path, snap_len, timestamp_precision);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.h b/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.h
index 42399f682..6a6369019 100644
--- a/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.h
+++ b/lib/ff_dpdk_pcap.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 #include <rte_config.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
 
-int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len);
-int ff_dump_packets(const char* dump_path, struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint16_t snap_len, uint32_t f_maxlen);
+int ff_enable_pcap(const char* dump_path, uint16_t snap_len, uint8_t timestamp_precision);
+int ff_dump_packets(const char* dump_path, struct rte_mbuf *pkt, uint16_t snap_len, uint32_t f_maxlen, uint8_t timestamp_precision);
 
 
 #endif /* ifndef _FSTACK_DPDK_PCAP_H */