diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
index ba2856b..b9fafab 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
@@ -1373,6 +1373,12 @@ executed within the line editor, including completion; commands
 explicitly marked with the tt(time) keyword still cause the summary
 to be printed in this case.
 )
+vindex(REPORTTIME_TO_VAR)
+item(tt(REPORTTIME_TO_VAR))(
+If defined, the values of tt(REPORTTIME) are not printed for processes
+but placed into tt(REPORTTIME_USER), tt(REPORTTIME_SYSTEM),
+tt(REPORTTIME_TOTAL) and tt(REPORTTIME_CPU) for the job.
+)
 vindex(REPLY)
 item(tt(REPLY))(
 This parameter is reserved by convention to pass string values between
diff --git a/Src/jobs.c b/Src/jobs.c
index b47ba8c..72c71dc 100644
--- a/Src/jobs.c
+++ b/Src/jobs.c
@@ -864,12 +864,52 @@ dumptime(Job jn)
 {
     Process pn;
     struct timeval dtimeval;
+    char *s = "REPORTTIME_TO_VAR";
 
     if (!jn->procs)
 	return;
-    for (pn = jn->procs; pn; pn = pn->next)
+    if (NULL == getsparam(s))
+      for (pn = jn->procs; pn; pn = pn->next)
 	printtime(dtime(&dtimeval, &pn->bgtime, &pn->endtime), &pn->ti,
 		  pn->text);
+    else
+      {
+	double user_time = 0.0, system_time = 0.0;
+	double percent = 0.0, total_time = 0.0;
+	mnumber mnval;
+	mnval.type = MN_FLOAT;
+
+	for (pn = jn->procs; pn; pn = pn->next)
+	  {
+	    const child_times_t *ti = &pn->ti;
+	    const struct timeval *real = dtime(&dtimeval, &pn->bgtime,
+					       &pn->endtime);
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
+	  user_time += ti->ru_utime.tv_sec + ti->ru_utime.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
+	  system_time += ti->ru_stime.tv_sec + ti->ru_stime.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
+	  total_time += user_time + system_time;
+	  percent += 100.0 * total_time
+	    / (real->tv_sec + real->tv_usec / 1000000.0);
+#else
+	  {
+	    long clktck = get_clktck();
+	    user_time    += ti->ut / (double) clktck;
+	    system_time  += ti->st / (double) clktck;
+	    total_time   += user_time + system_time;
+	    percent      += 100.0 * (ti->ut + ti->st)
+	      / (clktck * real->tv_sec + clktck * real->tv_usec / 1000000.0);
+	  }
+#endif
+	  }
+	mnval.u.d = user_time;
+	setnparam("REPORTTIME_USER", mnval);
+	mnval.u.d = system_time;
+	setnparam("REPORTTIME_SYSTEM", mnval);
+	mnval.u.d = total_time;
+	setnparam("REPORTTIME_TOTAL", mnval);
+	mnval.u.d = percent;
+	setnparam("REPORTTIME_CPU", mnval);
+      }
 }
 
 /* Check whether shell should report the amount of time consumed   *