diff --git a/include_core/omrport.h b/include_core/omrport.h
index 18afbed6861..a5ad2ff9ceb 100644
--- a/include_core/omrport.h
+++ b/include_core/omrport.h
@@ -2757,6 +2757,8 @@ typedef struct OMRPortLibrary {
 	/** see @ref omrcuda.cpp::omrcuda_streamWaitEvent "omrcuda_streamWaitEvent" */
 	int32_t (*cuda_streamWaitEvent)(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, uint32_t deviceId, J9CudaStream stream, J9CudaEvent event);
 #endif /* OMR_OPT_CUDA */
+	/** see @ref omrthread.c::omrthread_get_self_thread_time "omrthread_get_self_thread_time" */
+int32_t (*omrthread_get_self_thread_time)(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, struct omrthread_thread_time_t *thread_time);
 } OMRPortLibrary;
 
 /**
@@ -3339,6 +3341,8 @@ extern J9_CFUNC int32_t omrport_getVersion(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary);
 				privateOmrPortLibrary->cuda_streamWaitEvent(privateOmrPortLibrary, (deviceId), (stream), (event))
 #endif /* OMR_OPT_CUDA */
 
+#define omrthread_get_self_thread_time(threadTime) privateOmrPortLibrary->omrthread_get_self_thread_time(privateOmrPortLibrary, (threadTime))
+
 #endif /* !defined(OMRPORT_LIBRARY_DEFINE) */
 
 /** @} */
diff --git a/include_core/omrthread.h b/include_core/omrthread.h
index 4110db80d58..32de3247cba 100644
--- a/include_core/omrthread.h
+++ b/include_core/omrthread.h
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ or omrthread priority value.
 
 #define omrthread_monitor_init(pMon,flags)  omrthread_monitor_init_with_name(pMon,flags, #pMon)
 
+typedef struct omrthread_thread_time_t {
+	int64_t userTime;
+	int64_t sysTime;
+} omrthread_thread_time_t;
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/port/CMakeLists.txt b/port/CMakeLists.txt
index 86c41279291..66d46f79b4b 100644
--- a/port/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/port/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ list(APPEND OBJECTS
 	omrsignal.c
 	omrsock.c
 	omrsockptb.c
+	omrthread.c
 )
 
 if(NOT OMR_OS_WINDOWS)
diff --git a/port/common/omrport.c b/port/common/omrport.c
index ab2319f0c1b..359a1839f75 100644
--- a/port/common/omrport.c
+++ b/port/common/omrport.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static OMRPortLibrary MainPortLibraryTable = {
 	omrcuda_streamSynchronize, /* cuda_streamSynchronize */
 	omrcuda_streamWaitEvent, /* cuda_streamWaitEvent */
 #endif /* OMR_OPT_CUDA */
+	omrthread_get_self_thread_time,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/port/common/omrthread.c b/port/common/omrthread.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68d52e95d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/port/common/omrthread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#if defined (LINUX)
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#endif /* defined (LINUX) */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "omrport.h"
+#include "omrportpriv.h"
+#include "omrthread.h"
+
+int32_t omrthread_get_self_thread_time(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, 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;
+}
diff --git a/port/omrportpriv.h b/port/omrportpriv.h
index 506e61572d3..e4387146add 100644
--- a/port/omrportpriv.h
+++ b/port/omrportpriv.h
@@ -1110,4 +1110,8 @@ extern J9_CFUNC int32_t
 omrcuda_streamWaitEvent(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, uint32_t deviceId, J9CudaStream stream, J9CudaEvent event);
 #endif /* OMR_OPT_CUDA */
 
+/* omrthread */
+extern J9_CFUNC int32_t
+omrthread_get_self_thread_time(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, struct omrthread_thread_time_t *thread_time);
+
 #endif /* omrportlibraryprivatedefines_h */
diff --git a/port/port_objects.mk b/port/port_objects.mk
index bda540f28c3..a1005261dcc 100644
--- a/port/port_objects.mk
+++ b/port/port_objects.mk
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ ifeq (1,$(OMR_OPT_CUDA))
   OBJECTS += omrcuda
 endif
 
+OBJECTS += omrthread
+
 # Append OBJEXT to the complete list of OBJECTS
 # except for .res files for windows
 OBJECTS := $(sort $(addsuffix $(OBJEXT),$(filter-out %.res,$(OBJECTS))) $(filter %.res,$(OBJECTS)))