diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/LayerTracing.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/LayerTracing.cpp
index afa3e50..566d553 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/LayerTracing.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/LayerTracing.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
     LayersTraceFileProto fileProto;
     fileProto.set_magic_number(uint64_t(LayersTraceFileProto_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_H) << 32 |
                                LayersTraceFileProto_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_L);
+    auto timeOffsetNs = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_REALTIME) -
+                                                   systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC));
+    fileProto.set_real_to_elapsed_time_offset_nanos(timeOffsetNs);
     return fileProto;
 }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/TransactionTracing.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/TransactionTracing.cpp
index af0594e..cb5320b 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/TransactionTracing.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Tracing/TransactionTracing.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
     proto::TransactionTraceFile proto;
     proto.set_magic_number(uint64_t(proto::TransactionTraceFile_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_H) << 32 |
                            proto::TransactionTraceFile_MagicNumber_MAGIC_NUMBER_L);
+    auto timeOffsetNs = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_REALTIME) -
+                                                   systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC));
+    proto.set_real_to_elapsed_time_offset_nanos(timeOffsetNs);
     return proto;
 }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/layerstrace.proto b/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/layerstrace.proto
index 7def024..804a499 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/layerstrace.proto
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/layerstrace.proto
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 
     optional fixed64 magic_number = 1;  /* Must be the first field, set to value in MagicNumber */
     repeated LayersTraceProto entry = 2;
+
+    /* offset between real-time clock and elapsed time clock in nanoseconds.
+       Calculated as: systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_REALTIME) - systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC) */
+    optional fixed64 real_to_elapsed_time_offset_nanos = 3;
 }
 
 /* one layers trace entry. */
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/transactions.proto b/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/transactions.proto
index 4f99b19..49487ee 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/transactions.proto
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/layerproto/transactions.proto
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 
     fixed64 magic_number = 1; /* Must be the first field, set to value in MagicNumber */
     repeated TransactionTraceEntry entry = 2;
+
+    /* offset between real-time clock and elapsed time clock in nanoseconds.
+       Calculated as: systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_REALTIME) - systemTime(SYSTEM_TIME_MONOTONIC) */
+    fixed64 real_to_elapsed_time_offset_nanos = 3;
 }
 
 message TransactionTraceEntry {