diff --git a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
index 5898564cbdf42c1c0e6de9ed2256969d969b71d5..09a089ea87d9f1382329c87d4eb1ae8607dddcf9 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
+++ b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
@@ -177,14 +177,16 @@ struct job_record {
 };
 
 struct 	step_record {
+	struct job_record* job_ptr; /* ptr to the job that owns the step */
 	uint16_t step_id;		/* step number */
+	time_t start_time;      /* step allocation time */
 	bitstr_t *node_bitmap;		/* bitmap of nodes in allocated to job step */
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBELAN3
 	qsw_jobinfo_t qsw_job;		/* Elan3 switch context, opaque data structure */
 #endif
 };
 
-typedef struct job_step_create_request_msg step_specs; 
+typedef struct job_step_specs step_specs; 
 
 extern List job_list;			/* list of job_record entries */
 
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
index f317ac34e099182de78284e11a776d7dff991bc2..a0d02125547789f11eb58b81d9ea0f601d29409d 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #  include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <time.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ create_step_record (struct job_record *job_ptr)
 	assert (job_ptr);
 	step_record_point = (struct step_record *) xmalloc (sizeof (struct step_record));
 
+	step_record_point->job_ptr = job_ptr; 
 	step_record_point->step_id = (job_ptr->next_step_id)++;
+	step_record_point->start_time = time( NULL ) ;
+
 	if (list_append (job_ptr->step_list, step_record_point) == NULL)
 		fatal ("create_step_record: unable to allocate memory");