diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index ca2d4df29e0c8bbf62179ba15ae70273788486f8..928a7fae0961f8e1e6068b86df486098c3e85750 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum perf_counter_record_format {
 	PERF_RECORD_TID		= 1U << 1,
 	PERF_RECORD_GROUP	= 1U << 2,
 	PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN	= 1U << 3,
+	PERF_RECORD_TIME	= 1U << 4,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	__PERF_EVENT_TID		= PERF_RECORD_TID,
 	__PERF_EVENT_GROUP		= PERF_RECORD_GROUP,
 	__PERF_EVENT_CALLCHAIN		= PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN,
+	__PERF_EVENT_TIME		= PERF_RECORD_TIME,
 };
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index c841563de0433d9dd17f066456796f35f0eca482..19990d1f021547066ef1e09f89d921f90d088cdb 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	} group_entry;
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *callchain = NULL;
 	int callchain_size = 0;
+	u64 time;
 
 	header.type = PERF_EVENT_COUNTER_OVERFLOW;
 	header.size = sizeof(header);
@@ -1862,6 +1863,16 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (record_type & PERF_RECORD_TIME) {
+		/*
+		 * Maybe do better on x86 and provide cpu_clock_nmi()
+		 */
+		time = sched_clock();
+
+		header.type |= __PERF_EVENT_TIME;
+		header.size += sizeof(u64);
+	}
+
 	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, header.size, nmi);
 	if (ret)
 		return;
@@ -1895,6 +1906,9 @@ static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	if (callchain)
 		perf_output_copy(&handle, callchain, callchain_size);
 
+	if (record_type & PERF_RECORD_TIME)
+		perf_output_put(&handle, time);
+
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
 }