diff --git a/src/folsom_metrics.erl b/src/folsom_metrics.erl
index db0936f..621fb7d 100644
--- a/src/folsom_metrics.erl
+++ b/src/folsom_metrics.erl
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
          get_history_values/2,
          histogram_timed_update/2,
          histogram_timed_update/3,
-         histogram_timed_update/4
+         histogram_timed_update/4,
+         histogram_timed_begin/1,
+         histogram_timed_notify/1
         ]).
 
 -include("folsom.hrl").
@@ -163,3 +165,11 @@
     {Time, Value} = timer:tc(Mod, Fun, Args),
     ok = notify({Name, Time}),
     Value.
+
+histogram_timed_begin(Name) ->
+    {Name, os:timestamp()}.
+
+histogram_timed_notify({Name, Begin}) ->
+    Now = os:timestamp(),
+    Time = timer:now_diff(Now, Begin),
+    ok = notify({Name, Time}).
diff --git a/test/folsom_erlang_checks.erl b/test/folsom_erlang_checks.erl
index c35d27a..101f78c 100644
--- a/test/folsom_erlang_checks.erl
+++ b/test/folsom_erlang_checks.erl
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     ok = folsom_metrics:new_histogram(nonea, none, 5000),
 
     ok = folsom_metrics:new_histogram(timed, none, 5000),
+    ok = folsom_metrics:new_histogram(timed2, none, 5000),
 
     ok = folsom_metrics:new_history(<<"history">>),
     ok = folsom_metrics:new_meter(meter),
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
     %% check a server got started for the spiral metric
     1 = length(supervisor:which_children(folsom_sample_slide_sup)),
 
-    13 = length(folsom_metrics:get_metrics()),
+    14 = length(folsom_metrics:get_metrics()),
 
     ?debugFmt("~n~nmetrics: ~p~n", [folsom_metrics:get_metrics()]).
 
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@
 
     3.141592653589793 = folsom_metrics:histogram_timed_update(timed, math, pi, []),
 
+    Begin = folsom_metrics:histogram_timed_begin(timed2),
+    folsom_metrics:histogram_timed_notify(Begin),
+
     PopulateDuration = fun() ->
                                ok = folsom_metrics:notify_existing_metric(duration, timer_start, duration),
                                timer:sleep(10),
@@ -171,6 +175,9 @@
     List = folsom_metrics:get_metric_value(timed),
     ?debugFmt("timed update value: ~p", [List]),
 
+    List2 = folsom_metrics:get_metric_value(timed2),
+    ?debugFmt("timed update value begin/end: ~p", [List2]),
+
     1 = length(folsom_metrics:get_metric_value(<<"history">>)),
     1 = length(folsom_metrics:get_metric_value(historya)),
 
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@
 
 
 delete_metrics() ->
-    15 = length(ets:tab2list(?FOLSOM_TABLE)),
+    16 = length(ets:tab2list(?FOLSOM_TABLE)),
 
     ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(counter),
     ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(<<"gauge">>),
@@ -224,6 +231,7 @@
 
     ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(nonea),
     ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(timed),
+    ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(timed2),
     ok = folsom_metrics:delete_metric(testcounter),
 
     ok = ensure_meter_tick_exists(2),