diff --git a/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp b/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
index 16016e4b8e..3276d0d5e4 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ enum VideoCaptureProperties {
        CAP_PROP_HW_ACCELERATION_USE_OPENCL=52, //!< (**open-only**) If non-zero, create new OpenCL context and bind it to current thread. The OpenCL context created with Video Acceleration context attached it (if not attached yet) for optimized GPU data copy between HW accelerated decoder and cv::UMat.
        CAP_PROP_OPEN_TIMEOUT_MSEC=53, //!< (**open-only**) timeout in milliseconds for opening a video capture (applicable for FFmpeg back-end only)
        CAP_PROP_READ_TIMEOUT_MSEC=54, //!< (**open-only**) timeout in milliseconds for reading from a video capture (applicable for FFmpeg back-end only)
+       CAP_PROP_STREAM_OPEN_TIME_USEC =55, //<! (read-only) time in microseconds since Jan 1 1970 when stream was opened. Applicable for FFmpeg backend only. Useful for RTSP and other live streams
 #ifndef CV_DOXYGEN
        CV__CAP_PROP_LATEST
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
index 9ec75501d0..de072ef290 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap_ffmpeg_impl.hpp
@@ -1591,6 +1591,9 @@ double CvCapture_FFMPEG::getProperty( int property_id ) const
     case CAP_PROP_HW_ACCELERATION_USE_OPENCL:
         return static_cast<double>(use_opencl);
 #endif  // USE_AV_HW_CODECS
+    case CAP_PROP_STREAM_OPEN_TIME_USEC:
+        //ic->start_time_realtime is in microseconds
+        return ((double)ic->start_time_realtime);
     default:
         break;
     }