diff --git a/include_core/thread_api.h b/include_core/thread_api.h
index 8fd03718435..285ca031bcc 100644
--- a/include_core/thread_api.h
+++ b/include_core/thread_api.h
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ typedef struct omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t {
 	BOOLEAN lockTaken;
 } omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t;
 
+typedef struct omrthread_thread_time_t {
+	int64_t userTime;
+	int64_t sysTime;
+} omrthread_thread_time_t;
+
 /* ---------------- omrthreadinspect.c ---------------- */
 
 /**
@@ -1424,6 +1429,15 @@ omrthread_monitor_pin(omrthread_monitor_t monitor, omrthread_t self);
 void
 omrthread_monitor_unpin(omrthread_monitor_t monitor, omrthread_t self);
 
+/**
+ * Gets the system and user CPU time of the current thread
+ *
+ * @param[out] threadTime the pointer to the thread time structure
+ * @return 0 on success or -1 on failure
+ */
+intptr_t
+omrthread_get_self_thread_time(omrthread_thread_time_t *threadTime);
+
 /* forward struct definition */
 struct J9ThreadLibrary;
 
diff --git a/thread/common/thrprof.c b/thread/common/thrprof.c
index 023085ff616..cc2cb7bb581 100644
--- a/thread/common/thrprof.c
+++ b/thread/common/thrprof.c
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
  * APIs for querying per-thread statistics: CPU usage, stack usage.
  */
 
+#if defined (LINUX)
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#endif /* defined (LINUX) */
+
 #include <string.h> /* for memset() */
 #include "omrcfg.h"
 
@@ -1025,3 +1030,34 @@ omrthread_get_jvm_cpu_usage_info_error_recovery(void)
 		GLOBAL_UNLOCK_SIMPLE(lib);
 	}
 }
+
+intptr_t
+omrthread_get_self_thread_time(omrthread_thread_time_t *threadTime) {
+ #if defined(LINUX)
+	struct rusage rUsage = {0};
+	int rc = getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD, &rUsage);
+
+	if (-1 == rc) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	threadTime->userTime = (SEC_TO_NANO_CONVERSION_CONSTANT * (int64_t)rUsage.ru_utime.tv_sec)
+							+ (MICRO_TO_NANO_CONVERSION_CONSTANT * (int64_t)rUsage.ru_utime.tv_usec);
+	threadTime->sysTime = (SEC_TO_NANO_CONVERSION_CONSTANT * (int64_t)rUsage.ru_stime.tv_sec)
+							+ (MICRO_TO_NANO_CONVERSION_CONSTANT * (int64_t)rUsage.ru_stime.tv_usec);
+#else /* defined(LINUX) */
+	omrthread_t self = omrthread_self();
+
+	int64_t userTime = omrthread_get_user_time(self);
+	int64_t cpuTime = omrthread_get_cpu_time(self);
+
+	if (-1 == cpuTime || -1 == userTime) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	threadTime->sysTime = cpuTime - userTime;
+	threadTime->userTime = userTime;
+#endif /* defined(LINUX) */
+
+	return 0;
+}