diff --git a/include/struc.hpp b/include/struc.hpp
index d415514..6f32a61 100644
--- a/include/struc.hpp
+++ b/include/struc.hpp
@@ -287,12 +287,13 @@ public:
 class pipeline_t : public _obj
 {
 public:
-  pipeline_t(block_t* bl=nullptr) { type=_obj::pipeline; if(bl!=nullptr) cmds.push_back(bl); negated=false; }
+  pipeline_t(block_t* bl=nullptr) { type=_obj::pipeline; if(bl!=nullptr) cmds.push_back(bl); negated=false; bash_time=false; }
   ~pipeline_t() { for(auto it: cmds) delete it; }
   inline void add(block_t* bl) { this->cmds.push_back(bl); }
   std::vector<block_t*> cmds;
 
   bool negated; // negated return value (! at start)
+  bool bash_time; // has bash time command
 
   std::string generate(int ind, generate_context* ctx);
   std::string generate(int ind) { return this->generate(ind, nullptr); };
diff --git a/src/generate.cpp b/src/generate.cpp
index 1865bbf..557bfcc 100644
--- a/src/generate.cpp
+++ b/src/generate.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ std::string pipeline_t::generate(int ind, generate_context* ctx)
 
   if(negated)
     ret += "! ";
+
+  if(bash_time)
+    ret += "time ";
+
   ret += cmds[0]->generate(ind, ctx);
   for(uint32_t i=1 ; i<cmds.size() ; i++)
   {
diff --git a/src/parse.cpp b/src/parse.cpp
index 7ef6b83..98bc5ee 100644
--- a/src/parse.cpp
+++ b/src/parse.cpp
@@ -931,12 +931,22 @@ std::pair<pipeline_t*, parse_context> parse_pipeline(parse_context ctx)
 {
   pipeline_t* ret = new pipeline_t;
 
-  if(ctx[ctx.i] == '!' && ctx.i+1<ctx.size && is_in(ctx[ctx.i+1], SPACES))
-  {
-    ret->negated = true;
-    ctx.i++;
-    ctx.i=skip_chars(ctx, SPACES);
+  while(true) {
+    auto wp = get_word(ctx, ARG_END);
+    if(ctx[ctx.i] == '!' && ctx.i+1<ctx.size && is_in(ctx[ctx.i+1], SPACES))
+    {
+      ret->negated = ret->negated ? false : true;
+      ctx.i++;
+      ctx.i=skip_chars(ctx, SPACES);
+    } else if(ctx.bash && wp.first == "time" ) {
+      ret->bash_time = true;
+      ctx.i+=4;
+      ctx.i=skip_chars(ctx, SPACES);
+    } else {
+      break;
+    }
   }
+
   while(ctx.i<ctx.size)
   {
     auto pp=parse_block(ctx);