diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f71f925..36720f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Supported platforms: Linux.
 - Returns:
   * returns a table with string keys: `{sda total_s}`, `{sda total_kb}`,
     `{sda total_mb}`, `{sda read_s}`, `{sda read_kb}`, `{sda read_mb}`, `{sda write_s}`,
-    `{sda write_kb}`, `{sda write_mb}`, `{sdb1 total_s}` etc.
+    `{sda write_kb}`, `{sda write_mb}`, `{sda iotime_ms}`, `{sda iotime_s}`, `{sdb1 total_s}` etc.
 
 **vicious.widget.fanspeed**
 
diff --git a/widgets/dio_linux.lua b/widgets/dio_linux.lua
index b73cd21..82fa50f 100644
--- a/widgets/dio_linux.lua
+++ b/widgets/dio_linux.lua
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ local disk_stats = {}
 local disk_time  = 0
 -- Constant definitions
 local unit = { ["s"] = 1, ["kb"] = 2, ["mb"] = 2048 }
+local time_unit = { ["ms"] = 1, ["s"] = 1000 }
 
 -- {{{ Disk I/O widget type
 local function worker(format)
     local disk_lines = {}
 
     for line in io.lines("/proc/diskstats") do
-        local device, read, write =
+        local device, read, write, iotime =
             -- Linux kernel documentation: Documentation/iostats.txt
-            string.match(line, "([^%s]+) %d+ %d+ (%d+) %d+ %d+ %d+ (%d+)")
-        disk_lines[device] = { read, write }
+          string.match(line, "([^%s]+) %d+ %d+ (%d+) %d+ %d+ %d+ (%d+) %d+ %d+ (%d+)")
+        disk_lines[device] = { read, write, iotime }
     end
 
     local time = os.time()
@@ -49,18 +50,20 @@ local function worker(format)
 
         -- Check for overflows and counter resets (> 2^32)
         if stats[1] < last_stats[1] or stats[2] < last_stats[2] then
-            last_stats[1], last_stats[2] = stats[1], stats[2]
+            last_stats[1], last_stats[2], last_stats[3] = stats[1], stats[2], stats[3]
         end
 
         -- Diskstats are absolute, substract our last reading
         -- * divide by timediff because we don't know the timer value
         local read  = (stats[1] - last_stats[1]) / interval
         local write = (stats[2] - last_stats[2]) / interval
+        local iotime = (stats[3] - last_stats[3]) / interval
 
         -- Calculate and store I/O
         helpers.uformat(disk_usage, device.." read",  read,  unit)
         helpers.uformat(disk_usage, device.." write", write, unit)
         helpers.uformat(disk_usage, device.." total", read + write, unit)
+        helpers.uformat(disk_usage, device.." iotime", iotime, time_unit)
     end
 
     disk_time  = time