diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index fea92b2..cb49453 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ namespace fc
    class mutable_variant_object;
    class time_point;
    class time_point_sec;
+   class microseconds;
 
    void to_variant( const int16_t& var,  variant& vo );
    void from_variant( const variant& var,  int16_t& vo );
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ namespace fc
 
    void to_variant( const time_point_sec& var,  variant& vo );
    void from_variant( const variant& var,  time_point_sec& vo );
+
+   void to_variant( const microseconds& input_microseconds,  variant& output_variant );
+   void from_variant( const variant& input_variant,  microseconds& output_microseconds );
+
    #ifdef __APPLE__
    void to_variant( size_t s, variant& v );
    #elif !defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/src/time.cpp b/src/time.cpp
index da333cc..0586151 100644
--- a/src/time.cpp
+++ b/src/time.cpp
@@ -99,4 +99,14 @@ namespace fc {
   string get_approximate_relative_time_string(const time_point& event_time) {
     return get_approximate_relative_time_string(time_point_sec(event_time));
   }
-}
+
+  void to_variant( const microseconds& input_microseconds,  variant& output_variant )
+  {
+    output_variant = input_microseconds.count();
+  }
+  void from_variant( const variant& input_variant,  microseconds& output_microseconds )
+  {
+    output_microseconds = microseconds(input_variant.as_int64());
+  }
+
+} //namespace fc