diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c79b83b9..c9a7273bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * Per-repository configuration is now read from `.jj/repo/config.toml`.
 
+* The `ui.relative-timestamps` option now also affects `jj op log`.
+
 ### Fixed bugs
 
 * When sharing the working copy with a Git repo, we used to forget to export
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index d5f66beee..5732d6142 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use clap::builder::NonEmptyStringValueParser;
 use clap::{ArgGroup, ArgMatches, CommandFactory, FromArgMatches, Subcommand};
 use config::Source;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use jujutsu_lib::backend::{CommitId, ObjectId, TreeValue};
+use jujutsu_lib::backend::{CommitId, ObjectId, Timestamp, TreeValue};
 use jujutsu_lib::commit::Commit;
 use jujutsu_lib::dag_walk::topo_order_reverse;
 use jujutsu_lib::git::{GitFetchError, GitRefUpdate};
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ use crate::diff_util::{self, DiffFormat, DiffFormatArgs};
 use crate::formatter::{Formatter, PlainTextFormatter};
 use crate::graphlog::{AsciiGraphDrawer, Edge};
 use crate::progress::Progress;
-use crate::template_parser::{format_absolute_timestamp, TemplateParser};
+use crate::template_parser::{
+    format_absolute_timestamp, format_timestamp_relative_to_now, TemplateParser,
+};
 use crate::templater::Template;
 use crate::ui::Ui;
 
@@ -3354,7 +3356,18 @@ fn cmd_op_log(
     ui.request_pager();
     let mut formatter = ui.stdout_formatter();
     let mut formatter = formatter.as_mut();
-    struct OpTemplate;
+    struct OpTemplate {
+        relative_timestamps: bool,
+    }
+    impl OpTemplate {
+        fn format_timestamp(&self, timestamp: &Timestamp) -> String {
+            if self.relative_timestamps {
+                format_timestamp_relative_to_now(timestamp)
+            } else {
+                format_absolute_timestamp(timestamp)
+            }
+        }
+    }
     impl Template<Operation> for OpTemplate {
         fn format(&self, op: &Operation, formatter: &mut dyn Formatter) -> io::Result<()> {
             // TODO: Make this templated
@@ -3368,8 +3381,8 @@ fn cmd_op_log(
             formatter.with_label("time", |formatter| {
                 formatter.write_str(&format!(
                     "{} - {}",
-                    format_absolute_timestamp(&metadata.start_time),
-                    format_absolute_timestamp(&metadata.end_time)
+                    self.format_timestamp(&metadata.start_time),
+                    self.format_timestamp(&metadata.end_time)
                 ))
             })?;
             formatter.write_str("\n")?;
@@ -3384,7 +3397,9 @@ fn cmd_op_log(
             Ok(())
         }
     }
-    let template = OpTemplate;
+    let template = OpTemplate {
+        relative_timestamps: command.settings().relative_timestamps(),
+    };
 
     let mut graph = AsciiGraphDrawer::new(&mut formatter);
     for op in topo_order_reverse(
diff --git a/tests/test_operations.rs b/tests/test_operations.rs
index abc8e6a71..0a0bdf86a 100644
--- a/tests/test_operations.rs
+++ b/tests/test_operations.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
+use regex::Regex;
+
 use crate::common::TestEnvironment;
 
 pub mod common;
@@ -35,6 +37,21 @@ fn test_op_log() {
     o 56b94dfc38e7 test-username@host.example.com 2001-02-03 04:05:07.000 +07:00 - 2001-02-03 04:05:07.000 +07:00
       initialize repo
     "###);
+    // Test op log with relative dates
+    let stdout = test_env.jj_cmd_success(
+        &repo_path,
+        &["op", "log", "--config-toml", "ui.relative-timestamps=true"],
+    );
+    let regex = Regex::new(r"\d\d years").unwrap();
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(regex.replace_all(&stdout, "NN years"), @r###"
+    @ 45108169c0f8 test-username@host.example.com NN years ago - NN years ago
+    | describe commit 230dd059e1b059aefc0da06a2e5a7dbf22362f22
+    | args: jj describe -m 'description 0'
+    o a99a3fd5c51e test-username@host.example.com NN years ago - NN years ago
+    | add workspace 'default'
+    o 56b94dfc38e7 test-username@host.example.com NN years ago - NN years ago
+      initialize repo
+    "###);
     let add_workspace_id = "a99a3fd5c51e";
     let initialize_repo_id = "56b94dfc38e7";