diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_electronics.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_electronics.json
index 938417cc885e3..e952994b3f131 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_electronics.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_electronics.json
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@
     "skills_required": [ "computer", 1 ],
     "difficulty": 5,
     "time": "40 m",
-    "reversible": true,
+    "reversible": "5 m",
     "//": "you might be able to reverse-engineer assembly, but not the music",
     "book_learn": [ [ "textbook_electronics", 6 ], [ "textbook_robots", 5 ] ],
     "using": [ [ "soldering_standard", 5 ] ],
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
     "skills_required": [ "computer", 5 ],
     "difficulty": 8,
     "time": "1 h",
-    "reversible": true,
+    "reversible": "12 m",
     "//": "as with mp3, no learning how to encode the software from taking it apart",
     "book_learn": [ [ "textbook_electronics", 7 ], [ "textbook_robots", 6 ] ],
     "using": [ [ "soldering_standard", 10 ] ],
diff --git a/doc/JSON_INFO.md b/doc/JSON_INFO.md
index cf639b95e5599..390a21c45ce33 100644
--- a/doc/JSON_INFO.md
+++ b/doc/JSON_INFO.md
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ Mods can modify this via `add:traits` and `remove:traits`.
 "difficulty": 3,             // Difficulty of success check
 "time": "5 m",               // Preferred time to perform recipe, can specify in minutes, hours etc.
 "time": 5000,                // Legacy time to perform recipe (where 1000 ~= 10 turns ~= 10 seconds game time).
-"reversible": false,         // Can be disassembled.
+"reversible": "1 m",         // Time to disassemble result.
+"reversible": false,         // Can be disassembled. Default ("reversible": true) disassemble time is equal to craft time.
 "autolearn": true,           // Automatically learned upon gaining required skills
 "autolearn" : [              // Automatically learned upon gaining listed skills
     [ "survival", 2 ],
diff --git a/src/recipe.cpp b/src/recipe.cpp
index e0ac262b4ddc3..e4287ee81f8b1 100644
--- a/src/recipe.cpp
+++ b/src/recipe.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,13 @@ void recipe::load( const JsonObject &jo, const std::string &src )
         assign( jo, "category", category, strict );
         assign( jo, "subcategory", subcategory, strict );
         assign( jo, "description", description, strict );
-        assign( jo, "reversible", reversible, strict );
+        if( jo.has_bool( "reversible" ) ) {
+            assign( jo, "reversible", reversible, strict );
+        } else if( jo.has_string( "reversible" ) ) {
+            reversible = true;
+            uncraft_time = to_moves<int>( read_from_json_string<time_duration>( *jo.get_raw( "reversible" ),
+                                          time_duration::units ) );
+        }
 
         if( jo.has_member( "byproducts" ) ) {
             if( this->reversible ) {
diff --git a/src/recipe.h b/src/recipe.h
index 89374a519f572..f37781c48d019 100644
--- a/src/recipe.h
+++ b/src/recipe.h
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ class recipe
         /** Can recipe be used for disassembly of @ref result via @ref disassembly_requirements */
         bool reversible = false;
 
+        /** Time to reverse for auto-generated uncraft **/
+        int uncraft_time = 0;
+
         /** What does the item spawn contained in? Unset ("null") means default container. */
         itype_id container = "null";
 
diff --git a/src/recipe_dictionary.cpp b/src/recipe_dictionary.cpp
index 68efd587926c7..7a59fc275cba6 100644
--- a/src/recipe_dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/recipe_dictionary.cpp
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ void recipe_dictionary::finalize()
         // if reversible and no specific uncraft recipe exists use this recipe
         if( r.is_reversible() && !recipe_dict.uncraft.count( recipe_id( r.result() ) ) ) {
             recipe_dict.uncraft[ recipe_id( r.result() ) ] = r;
+            // optional uncraft_time
+            if( r.uncraft_time ) {
+                recipe_dict.uncraft[ recipe_id( r.result() ) ].time = r.uncraft_time;
+            }
         }
     }