diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpExchangeTracer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpExchangeTracer.java
index 6929e9535d..97917c0cf5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpExchangeTracer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpExchangeTracer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@ public class HttpExchangeTracer {
 	 */
 	public final void sendingResponse(HttpTrace trace, TraceableResponse response, Supplier<Principal> principal,
 			Supplier<String> sessionId) {
-		setIfIncluded(Include.TIME_TAKEN, () -> System.currentTimeMillis() - trace.getTimestamp().toEpochMilli(),
-				trace::setTimeTaken);
+		setIfIncluded(Include.TIME_TAKEN, () -> calculateTimeTaken(trace), trace::setTimeTaken);
 		setIfIncluded(Include.SESSION_ID, sessionId, trace::setSessionId);
 		setIfIncluded(Include.PRINCIPAL, principal, trace::setPrincipal);
 		trace.setResponse(new HttpTrace.Response(new FilteredTraceableResponse(response)));
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ public class HttpExchangeTracer {
 				.collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
 	}
 
+	private long calculateTimeTaken(HttpTrace trace) {
+		return TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - trace.getStartNanoTime());
+	}
+
 	private final class FilteredTraceableRequest implements TraceableRequest {
 
 		private final TraceableRequest delegate;
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpTrace.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpTrace.java
index 7ef35f5c07..1341ae9fab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpTrace.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/http/HttpTrace.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public final class HttpTrace {
 
 	private volatile Long timeTaken;
 
+	private final long startNanoTime;
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a fully-configured {@code HttpTrace} instance. Primarily for use by
 	 * {@link HttpTraceRepository} implementations when recreating a trace from a
@@ -67,11 +69,13 @@ public final class HttpTrace {
 		this.principal = principal;
 		this.session = session;
 		this.timeTaken = timeTaken;
+		this.startNanoTime = 0;
 	}
 
 	HttpTrace(TraceableRequest request) {
 		this.request = new Request(request);
 		this.timestamp = Instant.now();
+		this.startNanoTime = System.nanoTime();
 	}
 
 	public Instant getTimestamp() {
@@ -118,6 +122,10 @@ public final class HttpTrace {
 		this.timeTaken = timeTaken;
 	}
 
+	long getStartNanoTime() {
+		return this.startNanoTime;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Trace of an HTTP request.
 	 */