diff --git a/django/conf/global_settings.py b/django/conf/global_settings.py
index 13213d0cbb..42df4b601a 100644
--- a/django/conf/global_settings.py
+++ b/django/conf/global_settings.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = (
 # * Note that these format strings are different from the ones to display dates
 TIME_INPUT_FORMATS = (
     '%H:%M:%S',     # '14:30:59'
+    '%H:%M:%S.%f',  # '14:30:59.000200'
     '%H:%M',        # '14:30'
 )
 
diff --git a/django/utils/formats.py b/django/utils/formats.py
index f0abdc2f7b..cc66149026 100644
--- a/django/utils/formats.py
+++ b/django/utils/formats.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _format_modules_cache = {}
 
 ISO_INPUT_FORMATS = {
     'DATE_INPUT_FORMATS': ('%Y-%m-%d',),
-    'TIME_INPUT_FORMATS': ('%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M'),
+    'TIME_INPUT_FORMATS': ('%H:%M:%S', '%H:%M:%S.%f', '%H:%M'),
     'DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS': (
         '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
         '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f',
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index baeb02c32d..0cd141bcef 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ Default::
 
     (
         '%H:%M:%S',     # '14:30:59'
+        '%H:%M:%S.%f',  # '14:30:59.000200'
         '%H:%M',        # '14:30'
     )
 
@@ -1744,6 +1745,10 @@ precedence and will be applied instead.
 
 See also :setting:`DATE_INPUT_FORMATS` and :setting:`DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.6
+
+Input format with microseconds has been added.
+
 .. _datetime: http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
 
 .. setting:: TIME_ZONE
diff --git a/tests/forms_tests/tests/input_formats.py b/tests/forms_tests/tests/input_formats.py
index 7a305dbc2b..eb0e8dcad8 100644
--- a/tests/forms_tests/tests/input_formats.py
+++ b/tests/forms_tests/tests/input_formats.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 @override_settings(TIME_INPUT_FORMATS=["%I:%M:%S %p", "%I:%M %p"], USE_L10N=True)
 class LocalizedTimeTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
-        # nl/formats.py has customized TIME_INPUT_FORMATS
+        # nl/formats.py has customized TIME_INPUT_FORMATS:
+        # ('%H:%M:%S', '%H.%M:%S', '%H.%M', '%H:%M')
         activate('nl')
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ class LocalizedTimeTests(SimpleTestCase):
         text = f.widget._format_value(result)
         self.assertEqual(text, "13:30:00")
 
+        # ISO formats are accepted, even if not specified in formats.py
+        result = f.clean('13:30:05.000155')
+        self.assertEqual(result, time(13,30,5,155))
+
     def test_localized_timeField(self):
         "Localized TimeFields act as unlocalized widgets"
         f = forms.TimeField(localize=True)