diff --git a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
index a0fcdd9b9..d451dee67 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers/parseformat.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def replace_placeholders(text, overrides={}):
         'hostname': hostname,
         'now': DatetimeWrapper(current_time.astimezone(None)),
         'utcnow': DatetimeWrapper(current_time),
+        'unixtime': int(current_time.timestamp()),
         'user': getosusername(),
         'uuid4': str(uuid.uuid4()),
         'borgversion': borg_version,