diff --git a/docs/pages/docs/usage/dates-times.mdx b/docs/pages/docs/usage/dates-times.mdx
index 915e23d99..aa305aaf5 100644
--- a/docs/pages/docs/usage/dates-times.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/docs/usage/dates-times.mdx
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@ function Component() {
 
 Note that values are rounded, so e.g. if 100 seconds have passed, "2 minutes ago" will be returned.
 
+If you want to use a specific unit, you can pass options with the second argument:
+
+```js
+import {useFormatter} from 'next-intl';
+
+function Component() {
+  const format = useFormatter();
+  const dateTime = new Date('2020-11-20T08:30:00.000Z');
+  const now = new Date('2020-11-20T10:36:00.000Z');
+
+  // Renders "today"
+  format.relativeTime(dateTime, { now, unit: 'day' });
+}
+```
+
 Supplying `now` is necessary for the function to return consistent results. If you have [configured a global value for `now` on the provider](/docs/configuration#global-now-value), you can omit the second argument:
 
 ```js
diff --git a/packages/use-intl/src/core/RelativeTimeFormatOptions.tsx b/packages/use-intl/src/core/RelativeTimeFormatOptions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4f98d3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/use-intl/src/core/RelativeTimeFormatOptions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type RelativeTimeFormatOptions = {
+  now?: number | Date;
+  unit?: Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit;
+};
+
+export default RelativeTimeFormatOptions;
diff --git a/packages/use-intl/src/core/createFormatter.tsx b/packages/use-intl/src/core/createFormatter.tsx
index 515b6b8f5..ac6bfc35f 100644
--- a/packages/use-intl/src/core/createFormatter.tsx
+++ b/packages/use-intl/src/core/createFormatter.tsx
@@ -2,47 +2,64 @@ import DateTimeFormatOptions from './DateTimeFormatOptions';
 import Formats from './Formats';
 import IntlError, {IntlErrorCode} from './IntlError';
 import NumberFormatOptions from './NumberFormatOptions';
+import RelativeTimeFormatOptions from './RelativeTimeFormatOptions';
 import TimeZone from './TimeZone';
 import {defaultOnError} from './defaults';
 
-const MINUTE = 60;
+const SECOND = 1;
+const MINUTE = SECOND * 60;
 const HOUR = MINUTE * 60;
 const DAY = HOUR * 24;
 const WEEK = DAY * 7;
 const MONTH = DAY * (365 / 12); // Approximation
+const QUARTER = MONTH * 3;
 const YEAR = DAY * 365;
 
-function getRelativeTimeFormatConfig(seconds: number) {
+const UNIT_SECONDS: Record<Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit, number> = {
+  second: SECOND,
+  seconds: SECOND,
+  minute: MINUTE,
+  minutes: MINUTE,
+  hour: HOUR,
+  hours: HOUR,
+  day: DAY,
+  days: DAY,
+  week: WEEK,
+  weeks: WEEK,
+  month: MONTH,
+  months: MONTH,
+  quarter: QUARTER,
+  quarters: QUARTER,
+  year: YEAR,
+  years: YEAR
+} as const;
+
+function resolveRelativeTimeUnit(seconds: number) {
   const absValue = Math.abs(seconds);
-  let value, unit: Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit;
-
-  // We have to round the resulting values, as `Intl.RelativeTimeFormat`
-  // will include fractions like '2.1 hours ago'.
 
   if (absValue < MINUTE) {
-    unit = 'second';
-    value = Math.round(seconds);
+    return 'second';
   } else if (absValue < HOUR) {
-    unit = 'minute';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / MINUTE);
+    return 'minute';
   } else if (absValue < DAY) {
-    unit = 'hour';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / HOUR);
+    return 'hour';
   } else if (absValue < WEEK) {
-    unit = 'day';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / DAY);
+    return 'day';
   } else if (absValue < MONTH) {
-    unit = 'week';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / WEEK);
+    return 'week';
   } else if (absValue < YEAR) {
-    unit = 'month';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / MONTH);
-  } else {
-    unit = 'year';
-    value = Math.round(seconds / YEAR);
+    return 'month';
   }
+  return 'year';
+}
 
-  return {value, unit};
+function calculateRelativeTimeValue(
+  seconds: number,
+  unit: Intl.RelativeTimeFormatUnit
+) {
+  // We have to round the resulting values, as `Intl.RelativeTimeFormat`
+  // will include fractions like '2.1 hours ago'.
+  return Math.round(seconds / UNIT_SECONDS[unit]);
 }
 
 type Props = {
@@ -153,37 +170,53 @@ export default function createFormatter({
     );
   }
 
+  function getGlobalNow() {
+    if (globalNow) {
+      return globalNow;
+    } else {
+      onError(
+        new IntlError(
+          IntlErrorCode.ENVIRONMENT_FALLBACK,
+          process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
+            ? `The \`now\` parameter wasn't provided and there is no global default configured. Consider adding a global default to avoid markup mismatches caused by environment differences. Learn more: https://next-intl-docs.vercel.app/docs/configuration#now`
+            : undefined
+        )
+      );
+      return new Date();
+    }
+  }
+
+  function extractNowDate(
+    nowOrOptions?: RelativeTimeFormatOptions['now'] | RelativeTimeFormatOptions
+  ) {
+    if (nowOrOptions instanceof Date || typeof nowOrOptions === 'number') {
+      return new Date(nowOrOptions);
+    }
+    if (nowOrOptions?.now !== undefined) {
+      return new Date(nowOrOptions.now);
+    }
+    return getGlobalNow();
+  }
+
   function relativeTime(
     /** The date time that needs to be formatted. */
     date: number | Date,
     /** The reference point in time to which `date` will be formatted in relation to.  */
-    now?: number | Date
+    nowOrOptions?: RelativeTimeFormatOptions['now'] | RelativeTimeFormatOptions
   ) {
     try {
-      if (!now) {
-        if (globalNow) {
-          now = globalNow;
-        } else {
-          onError(
-            new IntlError(
-              IntlErrorCode.ENVIRONMENT_FALLBACK,
-              process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
-                ? `The \`now\` parameter wasn't provided and there is no global default configured. Consider adding a global default to avoid markup mismatches caused by environment differences. Learn more: https://next-intl-docs.vercel.app/docs/configuration#now`
-                : undefined
-            )
-          );
-        }
-      }
+      const dateDate = new Date(date);
+      const nowDate = extractNowDate(nowOrOptions);
+      const seconds = (dateDate.getTime() - nowDate.getTime()) / 1000;
 
-      const dateDate = date instanceof Date ? date : new Date(date);
-      const nowDate =
-        now instanceof Date
-          ? now
-          : // @ts-expect-error -- `undefined` is fine for the `Date` constructor
-            new Date(now);
+      const unit =
+        typeof nowOrOptions === 'number' ||
+        nowOrOptions instanceof Date ||
+        nowOrOptions?.unit === undefined
+          ? resolveRelativeTimeUnit(seconds)
+          : nowOrOptions.unit;
 
-      const seconds = (dateDate.getTime() - nowDate.getTime()) / 1000;
-      const {unit, value} = getRelativeTimeFormatConfig(seconds);
+      const value = calculateRelativeTimeValue(seconds, unit);
 
       return new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(locale, {
         numeric: 'auto'
diff --git a/packages/use-intl/test/core/createFormatter.test.tsx b/packages/use-intl/test/core/createFormatter.test.tsx
index bee108652..b5ce28407 100644
--- a/packages/use-intl/test/core/createFormatter.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/use-intl/test/core/createFormatter.test.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import {parseISO} from 'date-fns';
 import {it, expect} from 'vitest';
 import {createFormatter} from '../../src';
 
-const formatter = createFormatter({locale: 'en', timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'});
-
 it('formats a date and time', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
     formatter.dateTime(parseISO('2020-11-20T10:36:01.516Z'), {
       dateStyle: 'medium'
@@ -13,26 +15,75 @@ it('formats a date and time', () => {
 });
 
 it('formats a number', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(formatter.number(123456)).toBe('123,456');
 });
 
 it('formats a bigint', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(formatter.number(123456789123456789n)).toBe('123,456,789,123,456,789');
 });
 
 it('formats a number as currency', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
     formatter.number(123456.789, {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
   ).toBe('$123,456.79');
 });
 
 it('formats a bigint as currency', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
-    formatter.number(123456789123456789n, {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
+    formatter.number(123456789123456789n, {
+      style: 'currency',
+      currency: 'USD'
+    })
   ).toBe('$123,456,789,123,456,789.00');
 });
 
-it('formats a relative time', () => {
+it('formats a relative time with the second unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2020-11-20T00:00:10.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('10 seconds ago');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with the minute unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2020-11-20T00:01:10.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('1 minute ago');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with the hour unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
     formatter.relativeTime(
       parseISO('2020-11-20T10:36:01.516Z'),
@@ -41,13 +92,112 @@ it('formats a relative time', () => {
   ).toBe('2 hours ago');
 });
 
+it('formats a relative time with the day unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2020-11-22T00:10:00.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('2 days ago');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with the month unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('last month');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with the year unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('2 years ago');
+});
+
+it('supports the future relative time', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(
+      parseISO('2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      parseISO('2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')
+    )
+  ).toBe('next year');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with options', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(parseISO('2020-11-20T08:30:00.000Z'), {
+      now: parseISO('2020-11-20T10:36:00.000Z'),
+      unit: 'day'
+    })
+  ).toBe('today');
+});
+
+it('supports the quarter unit', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(parseISO('2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'), {
+      now: parseISO('2020-11-01T01:00:00.000Z'),
+      unit: 'quarter'
+    })
+  ).toBe('3 quarters ago');
+});
+
+it('formats a relative time with a globally defined `now`', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    now: parseISO('2020-11-20T01:00:00.000Z'),
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
+  expect(
+    formatter.relativeTime(parseISO('2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z'), {
+      unit: 'day'
+    })
+  ).toBe('today');
+});
+
 it('formats a list', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
     formatter.list(['apple', 'banana', 'orange'], {type: 'disjunction'})
   ).toBe('apple, banana, or orange');
 });
 
 it('formats a set', () => {
+  const formatter = createFormatter({
+    locale: 'en',
+    timeZone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+  });
   expect(
     formatter.list(new Set(['apple', 'banana', 'orange']), {
       type: 'disjunction'