diff --git a/man/systemd-cgtop.xml b/man/systemd-cgtop.xml
index 5beeb586d7..356ec05c77 100644
--- a/man/systemd-cgtop.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-cgtop.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         <term><option>-r</option></term>
         <term><option>--raw</option></term>
 
-        <listitem><para>Format byte counts (as in memory usage and I/O metrics)
+        <listitem><para>Format byte counts (as in memory usage and I/O metrics) and CPU time
         with raw numeric values rather than human-readable
         numbers.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/basic/macro.h b/src/basic/macro.h
index e0fe990bef..7aa51fe939 100644
--- a/src/basic/macro.h
+++ b/src/basic/macro.h
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ static inline size_t GREEDY_ALLOC_ROUND_UP(size_t l) {
                 MAX(_c, z);                             \
         })
 
+#define MAX4(x, y, z, a)                                \
+        ({                                              \
+                const typeof(x) _d = MAX3(x, y, z);     \
+                MAX(_d, a);                             \
+        })
+
 #undef MIN
 #define MIN(a, b) __MIN(UNIQ, (a), UNIQ, (b))
 #define __MIN(aq, a, bq, b)                             \
diff --git a/src/cgtop/cgtop.c b/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
index 0b6c2f88ed..0efaf3873e 100644
--- a/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
+++ b/src/cgtop/cgtop.c
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ static Group *group_free(Group *g) {
         return mfree(g);
 }
 
+
+static const char *maybe_format_timespan(char *buf, size_t l, usec_t t, usec_t accuracy) {
+        if (arg_raw) {
+               snprintf(buf, l, USEC_FMT, t);
+               return buf;
+        }
+        return format_timespan(buf, l, t, accuracy);
+}
+
 static const char *maybe_format_bytes(char *buf, size_t l, bool is_valid, uint64_t t) {
         if (!is_valid)
                 return "-";
@@ -586,7 +595,7 @@ static void display(Hashmap *a) {
         Group **array;
         signed path_columns;
         unsigned rows, n = 0, j, maxtcpu = 0, maxtpath = 3; /* 3 for ellipsize() to work properly */
-        char buffer[MAX3(21U, FORMAT_BYTES_MAX, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX)];
+        char buffer[MAX4(21U, FORMAT_BYTES_MAX, FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX, DECIMAL_STR_MAX(usec_t))];
 
         assert(a);
 
@@ -605,7 +614,7 @@ static void display(Hashmap *a) {
         for (j = 0; j < n; j++) {
                 unsigned cputlen, pathtlen;
 
-                format_timespan(buffer, sizeof(buffer), (usec_t) (array[j]->cpu_usage / NSEC_PER_USEC), 0);
+                maybe_format_timespan(buffer, sizeof(buffer), (usec_t) (array[j]->cpu_usage / NSEC_PER_USEC), 0);
                 cputlen = strlen(buffer);
                 maxtcpu = MAX(maxtcpu, cputlen);
 
@@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ static void display(Hashmap *a) {
                         else
                                 fputs("      -", stdout);
                 } else
-                        printf(" %*s", maxtcpu, format_timespan(buffer, sizeof(buffer), (usec_t) (g->cpu_usage / NSEC_PER_USEC), 0));
+                        printf(" %*s", maxtcpu, maybe_format_timespan(buffer, sizeof(buffer), (usec_t) (g->cpu_usage / NSEC_PER_USEC), 0));
 
                 printf(" %8s", maybe_format_bytes(buffer, sizeof(buffer), g->memory_valid, g->memory));
                 printf(" %8s", maybe_format_bytes(buffer, sizeof(buffer), g->io_valid, g->io_input_bps));