diff --git a/include_core/thread_api.h b/include_core/thread_api.h
index 8fd03718435..ff93bec9ac7 100644
--- a/include_core/thread_api.h
+++ b/include_core/thread_api.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ typedef struct omrthread_process_time_t {
 	int64_t _userTime;
 } omrthread_process_time_t;
 
+typedef struct omrthread_thread_time_t {
+	int64_t userTime;
+	int64_t sysTime;
+} omrthread_thread_time_t;
+
 typedef struct omrthread_state_t {
 	uintptr_t flags;
 	omrthread_monitor_t blocker;
@@ -1240,6 +1245,15 @@ omrthread_get_jvm_cpu_usage_info(J9ThreadsCpuUsage *cpuUsage);
 void
 omrthread_get_jvm_cpu_usage_info_error_recovery(void);
 
+/**
+ * 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_thread_times(omrthread_thread_time_t *threadTime);
+
 /* ---------------- omrthreadattr.c ---------------- */
 
 /**
diff --git a/thread/common/thrprof.c b/thread/common/thrprof.c
index 023085ff616..f9b5eff978d 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 +1030,74 @@ omrthread_get_jvm_cpu_usage_info_error_recovery(void)
 		GLOBAL_UNLOCK_SIMPLE(lib);
 	}
 }
+
+intptr_t
+omrthread_get_thread_times(omrthread_thread_time_t *threadTime)
+{
+#if defined(LINUX)
+	struct rusage rUsage;
+	memset(&rUsage, 0, sizeof(rUsage));
+
+	if (-1 != getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD, &rUsage)) {
+		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);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+#elif defined(OMR_OS_WINDOWS) && !defined(BREW) /* defined(LINUX) */
+
+	omrthread_t self = omrthread_self();
+	FILETIME creationTime, exitTime, kernelTime, userTime;
+
+	/* WARNING! Not supported on Win95!  Need to test to ensure this fails gracefully */
+
+	if (GetThreadTimes(self->handle, &creationTime, &exitTime, &kernelTime, &userTime)) {
+		/* Time is in 100's of nanos. Convert to nanos */
+		threadTime->sysTime = ((int64_t)kernelTime.dwLowDateTime | ((int64_t)kernelTime.dwHighDateTime << 32)) * 100;
+		threadTime->userTime = ((int64_t)userTime.dwLowDateTime | ((int64_t)userTime.dwHighDateTime << 32)) * 100;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+#elif defined(AIXPPC) /* defined(OMR_OS_WINDOWS) && !defined(BREW) */
+
+	omrthread_t self = omrthread_self();
+
+	/* AIX provides a function call that returns an entire structure of
+	 * information about the thread.
+	 */
+
+	struct rusage rUsage;
+
+	memset(&rUsage, 0, sizeof(rUsage));
+	if (0 == pthread_getrusage_np(self->handle, &rUsage, PTHRDSINFO_RUSAGE_COLLECT)) {
+		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);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+#else /* defined(AIXPPC) */
+
+	omrthread_t self = omrthread_self();
+
+	int64_t userTime = omrthread_get_self_user_time(self);
+	int64_t cpuTime = omrthread_get_self_cpu_time(self);
+
+	if ((-1 == cpuTime) || (-1 == userTime)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	threadTime->sysTime = cpuTime - userTime;
+	threadTime->userTime = userTime;
+
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}