diff --git a/include/fc/log/appender.hpp b/include/fc/log/appender.hpp
index 25fd222ffe909c05adac59e97e3f47e73db6443c..1b0fb43ee7d67897d2971a2cf3653ed2d739623f 100644
--- a/include/fc/log/appender.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/log/appender.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ namespace fc {
            milliseconds_since_epoch,   /// 1685696704999ms
            iso_8601_seconds,           /// 2023-06-02T09:05:41
            iso_8601_milliseconds,      /// 2023-06-02T09:05:10.580
-           iso_8601_microseconds       /// 2023-06-02T09:05:06.894046
+           iso_8601_microseconds,      /// 2023-06-02T09:05:06.894046
+           iso_8601_realtime_microseconds /// Real wall-clock time (bypasses libfaketime)
          };
 
          typedef fc::shared_ptr<appender> ptr;
@@ -51,9 +52,10 @@ namespace fc {
          virtual void log( const log_message& m ) = 0;
    };
 }
-FC_REFLECT_ENUM( fc::appender::time_format, 
+FC_REFLECT_ENUM( fc::appender::time_format,
                  (milliseconds_since_hour)
                  (milliseconds_since_epoch)
                  (iso_8601_seconds)
                  (iso_8601_milliseconds)
-                 (iso_8601_microseconds) )
+                 (iso_8601_microseconds)
+                 (iso_8601_realtime_microseconds) )
diff --git a/src/log/appender.cpp b/src/log/appender.cpp
index 588e6565ffc2834f075af203c6ef69bd3b60dfae..7494fe0ef44517cc10ee9e19a71c62ace309b388 100644
--- a/src/log/appender.cpp
+++ b/src/log/appender.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 #include <fc/variant.hpp>
 #include <fc/macros.hpp>
 #include "console_defines.h"
+#include <iomanip>
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#endif
 
 
 namespace fc {
@@ -59,6 +65,23 @@ namespace fc {
       case appender::time_format::iso_8601_microseconds:
         result << time.to_iso_string_in_microseconds();
         break;
+      case appender::time_format::iso_8601_realtime_microseconds:
+        {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+          // Use syscall directly to bypass libfaketime interception
+          struct timespec ts;
+          syscall(SYS_clock_gettime, CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+          std::time_t seconds = ts.tv_sec;
+          std::tm utc_tm;
+          gmtime_r(&seconds, &utc_tm);
+          result << std::put_time(&utc_tm, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+                 << '.' << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(6) << (ts.tv_nsec / 1000);
+#else
+          // On Windows, just use regular time (libfaketime is Linux-only anyway)
+          result << time.to_iso_string_in_microseconds();
+#endif
+        }
+        break;
       case appender::time_format::milliseconds_since_hour:
       default:
         result << (time.time_since_epoch().count() % (1000ll * 1000ll * 60ll * 60)) / 1000 << "ms";