diff --git a/lib/benchmark.rb b/lib/benchmark.rb
index 0d1b8df..00de7e2 100644
--- a/lib/benchmark.rb
+++ b/lib/benchmark.rb
@@ -325,7 +325,20 @@ def realtime # :yield:
     Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) - r0
   end
 
-  module_function :benchmark, :measure, :realtime, :bm, :bmbm
+  #
+  # Returns the elapsed real time used to execute the given block.
+  # The unit of time is milliseconds.
+  #
+  #       Benchmark.ms { "a" * 1_000_000_000 }
+  #       #=> 509.8029999935534
+  #
+  def ms # :yield:
+    r0 = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, :float_millisecond)
+    yield
+    Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC, :float_millisecond) - r0
+  end
+
+  module_function :benchmark, :measure, :realtime, :ms, :bm, :bmbm
 
   #
   # A Job is a sequence of labelled blocks to be processed by the
diff --git a/test/benchmark/test_benchmark.rb b/test/benchmark/test_benchmark.rb
index 2e0c47a..182e0b9 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/test_benchmark.rb
+++ b/test/benchmark/test_benchmark.rb
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ def test_realtime_output
     assert_operator sleeptime, :<, realtime
   end
 
+  def test_ms_output
+    sleeptime = 1.0
+    ms_time = Benchmark.ms { sleep sleeptime }
+    assert_operator sleeptime * 1000, :<, ms_time
+  end
+
   # Test that `to_h` returns a hash with the expected data.
   def test_tms_to_h
     tms = Benchmark::Tms.new(1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4, 5.5, 'my label')