diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr.h b/src/dvr/dvr.h
index 7e8fd216..aa88fc6c 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr.h
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr.h
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ typedef struct dvr_autorec_entry {
   
   epg_content_group_t *dae_ecg;
 
+  int dae_approx_time; /* Minutes from midnight */
+
   int dae_weekdays;
 
   channel_t *dae_channel;
diff --git a/src/dvr/dvr_autorec.c b/src/dvr/dvr_autorec.c
index 940f7a65..c080a9a9 100644
--- a/src/dvr/dvr_autorec.c
+++ b/src/dvr/dvr_autorec.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <math.h>
 
 #include "tvhead.h"
 #include "settings.h"
@@ -99,6 +100,17 @@ autorec_cmp(dvr_autorec_entry_t *dae, event_t *e)
     return 0;
   }
 
+  if(dae->dae_approx_time != 0) {
+    struct tm a_time;
+    struct tm ev_time;
+    localtime_r(&e->e_start, &a_time);
+    localtime_r(&e->e_start, &ev_time);
+    a_time.tm_min = dae->dae_approx_time % 60;
+    a_time.tm_hour = dae->dae_approx_time / 60;
+    if(abs(mktime(&a_time) - mktime(&ev_time)) > 900)
+      return 0;
+  }
+
   if(dae->dae_weekdays != 0x7f) {
     struct tm tm;
     localtime_r(&e->e_start, &tm);
@@ -233,6 +245,8 @@ autorec_record_build(dvr_autorec_entry_t *dae)
 
   htsmsg_add_str(e, "title", dae->dae_title ?: "");
 
+  htsmsg_add_u32(e, "approx_time", dae->dae_approx_time);
+
   build_weekday_tags(str, sizeof(str), dae->dae_weekdays);
   htsmsg_add_str(e, "weekdays", str);
 
@@ -337,6 +351,17 @@ autorec_record_update(void *opaque, const char *id, htsmsg_t *values,
   if((s = htsmsg_get_str(values, "contentgrp")) != NULL)
     dae->dae_ecg = epg_content_group_find_by_name(s);
 
+  if((s = htsmsg_get_str(values, "approx_time")) != NULL) {
+    if(strchr(s, ':') != NULL) {
+      // formatted time string - convert
+      dae->dae_approx_time = (atoi(s) * 60) + atoi(s + 3);
+    } else if(strlen(s) == 0) {
+      dae->dae_approx_time = 0;
+    } else {
+      dae->dae_approx_time = atoi(s);
+    }
+  }
+
   if((s = htsmsg_get_str(values, "weekdays")) != NULL)
     dae->dae_weekdays = build_weekday_mask(s);
 
diff --git a/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js b/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
index 338f11bd..def48f57 100644
--- a/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
+++ b/src/webui/static/app/dvr.js
@@ -411,6 +411,28 @@ tvheadend.autoreceditor = function() {
 		valueField: 'identifier',
 		displayField: 'name'
 	    })
+	}, {
+        header: "Starting Around",
+        dataIndex: 'approx_time',
+        renderer: function(value, metadata, record, row, col, store) {
+            if (typeof value === 'string')
+                return value;
+
+            if (value === 0)
+                return '';
+
+            var hours = Math.floor(value / 60);
+            var mins = value % 60;
+            var dt = new Date();
+            dt.setHours(hours);
+            dt.setMinutes(mins);
+            return dt.format('H:i');
+        },
+        editor: new Ext.form.TimeField({
+            allowBlank: true,
+            increment: 10,
+            format: 'H:i'
+        })
 	}, {
 	    header: "Priority",
 	    dataIndex: 'pri',
@@ -505,7 +527,7 @@ tvheadend.dvr = function() {
     
     tvheadend.autorecRecord = Ext.data.Record.create([
 	'enabled','title','channel','tag','creator','contentgrp','comment',
-	'weekdays', 'pri'
+	'weekdays', 'pri', 'approx_time'
     ]);