diff --git a/base/Android.bp b/base/Android.bp
index b9a6e0b..515b063 100644
--- a/base/Android.bp
+++ b/base/Android.bp
@@ -42,21 +42,31 @@
             srcs: [
                 "errors_unix.cpp",
                 "properties.cpp",
+                "chrono_utils.cpp",
             ],
             cppflags: ["-Wexit-time-destructors"],
         },
         darwin: {
-            srcs: ["errors_unix.cpp"],
+            srcs: [
+                "errors_unix.cpp",
+            ],
             cppflags: ["-Wexit-time-destructors"],
         },
         linux_bionic: {
-            srcs: ["errors_unix.cpp"],
+            srcs: [
+                "chrono_utils.cpp",
+                "errors_unix.cpp",
+            ],
             cppflags: ["-Wexit-time-destructors"],
             enabled: true,
         },
         linux: {
-            srcs: ["errors_unix.cpp"],
+            srcs: [
+                "chrono_utils.cpp",
+                "errors_unix.cpp",
+            ],
             cppflags: ["-Wexit-time-destructors"],
+            host_ldlibs: ["-lrt"],
         },
         windows: {
             srcs: [
@@ -88,7 +98,14 @@
     ],
     target: {
         android: {
-            srcs: ["properties_test.cpp"],
+            srcs: [
+                "chrono_utils_test.cpp",
+                "properties_test.cpp"
+            ],
+        },
+        linux: {
+            srcs: ["chrono_utils_test.cpp"],
+            host_ldlibs: ["-lrt"],
         },
         windows: {
             srcs: ["utf8_test.cpp"],
diff --git a/base/chrono_utils.cpp b/base/chrono_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1c69c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/chrono_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "android-base/chrono_utils.h"
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+boot_clock::time_point boot_clock::now() {
+  timespec ts;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &ts);
+  return boot_clock::time_point(std::chrono::seconds(ts.tv_sec) +
+                                std::chrono::nanoseconds(ts.tv_nsec));
+}
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android
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diff --git a/base/chrono_utils_test.cpp b/base/chrono_utils_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6df4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/chrono_utils_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "android-base/chrono_utils.h"
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+std::chrono::seconds GetBootTimeSeconds() {
+  struct timespec now;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &now);
+
+  auto now_tp = boot_clock::time_point(
+      std::chrono::seconds(now.tv_sec) + std::chrono::nanoseconds(now.tv_nsec));
+  return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(
+      now_tp.time_since_epoch());
+}
+
+// Tests (at least) the seconds accuracy of the boot_clock::now() method.
+TEST(ChronoUtilsTest, BootClockNowSeconds) {
+  auto now = GetBootTimeSeconds();
+  auto boot_seconds = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(
+      boot_clock::now().time_since_epoch());
+  EXPECT_EQ(now, boot_seconds);
+}
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android
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diff --git a/base/include/android-base/chrono_utils.h b/base/include/android-base/chrono_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0086425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/include/android-base/chrono_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ANDROID_BASE_CHRONO_UTILS_H
+#define ANDROID_BASE_CHRONO_UTILS_H
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+// A std::chrono clock based on CLOCK_BOOTTIME.
+class boot_clock {
+ public:
+  typedef std::chrono::nanoseconds duration;
+  typedef std::chrono::time_point<boot_clock, duration> time_point;
+
+  static time_point now();
+};
+
+}  // namespace base
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // ANDROID_BASE_CHRONO_UTILS_H