diff --git a/src/jltypes.c b/src/jltypes.c
index 9428bf6a91092..61e57adae78e0 100644
--- a/src/jltypes.c
+++ b/src/jltypes.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                         NULL,
                         jl_any_type,
                         jl_emptysvec,
-                        jl_perm_symsvec(15,
+                        jl_perm_symsvec(16,
                                         "next",
                                         "queue",
                                         "storage",
@@ -2707,8 +2707,9 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                                         "_state",
                                         "sticky",
                                         "_isexception",
-                                        "priority"),
-                        jl_svec(15,
+                                        "priority",
+                                        "cpu_time_ns"),
+                        jl_svec(16,
                                 jl_any_type,
                                 jl_any_type,
                                 jl_any_type,
@@ -2723,7 +2724,8 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                                 jl_uint8_type,
                                 jl_bool_type,
                                 jl_bool_type,
-                                jl_uint16_type),
+                                jl_uint16_type,
+                                jl_uint64_type),
                         jl_emptysvec,
                         0, 1, 6);
     jl_value_t *listt = jl_new_struct(jl_uniontype_type, jl_task_type, jl_nothing_type);
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 03efa773d026c..b280f3690c56d 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -1928,8 +1928,12 @@ typedef struct _jl_task_t {
     _Atomic(uint8_t) _isexception; // set if `result` is an exception to throw or that we exited with
     // multiqueue priority
     uint16_t priority;
+    // TODO: int32 of ms instead?
+    uint64_t cpu_time_ns; // time this task has spent running; updated when it yields
 
 // hidden state:
+    // timestamp this task was last scheduled (TODO: int32 of ms instead?)
+    uint64_t last_scheduled_ns;
     // id of owning thread - does not need to be defined until the task runs
     _Atomic(int16_t) tid;
     // threadpool id
diff --git a/src/task.c b/src/task.c
index 7373de937b9ae..5fa0a9ba7b1c4 100644
--- a/src/task.c
+++ b/src/task.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ void JL_NORETURN jl_finish_task(jl_task_t *t)
 {
     jl_task_t *ct = jl_current_task;
     JL_PROBE_RT_FINISH_TASK(ct);
+    ct->cpu_time_ns += jl_hrtime() - ct->last_scheduled_ns;
     JL_SIGATOMIC_BEGIN();
     if (jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&t->_isexception))
         jl_atomic_store_release(&t->_state, JL_TASK_STATE_FAILED);
@@ -640,6 +641,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_switch(void) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT_LEAVE JL_NOTSAFEPOINT_ENTER
         jl_error("cannot switch to task running on another thread");
 
     JL_PROBE_RT_PAUSE_TASK(ct);
+    ct->cpu_time_ns += jl_hrtime() - ct->last_scheduled_ns;
 
     // Store old values on the stack and reset
     sig_atomic_t defer_signal = ptls->defer_signal;
@@ -688,6 +690,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_switch(void) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT_LEAVE JL_NOTSAFEPOINT_ENTER
         jl_sigint_safepoint(ptls);
 
     JL_PROBE_RT_RUN_TASK(ct);
+    ct->last_scheduled_ns = jl_hrtime();
+
     jl_gc_unsafe_leave(ptls, gc_state);
 }
 
@@ -942,6 +946,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_task_t *jl_new_task(jl_function_t *start, jl_value_t *completion
     t->reentrant_timing = 0;
     t->reentrant_inference = 0;
     t->inference_start_time = 0;
+    t->last_scheduled_ns = 0;
+    t->cpu_time_ns = 0;
 
 #ifdef COPY_STACKS
     if (!t->copy_stack) {
@@ -1077,6 +1083,7 @@ CFI_NORETURN
 
     ct->started = 1;
     JL_PROBE_RT_START_TASK(ct);
+    ct->last_scheduled_ns = jl_hrtime();
     if (jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ct->_isexception)) {
         record_backtrace(ptls, 0);
         jl_push_excstack(&ct->excstack, ct->result,
@@ -1530,6 +1537,8 @@ jl_task_t *jl_init_root_task(jl_ptls_t ptls, void *stack_lo, void *stack_hi)
     ct->reentrant_timing = 0;
     ct->reentrant_inference = 0;
     ct->inference_start_time = 0;
+    ct->last_scheduled_ns = 0;
+    ct->cpu_time_ns = 0;
     ptls->root_task = ct;
     jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&ptls->current_task, ct);
     JL_GC_PROMISE_ROOTED(ct);
diff --git a/test/threads_exec.jl b/test/threads_exec.jl
index 68ba9377cf955..8269443d05153 100644
--- a/test/threads_exec.jl
+++ b/test/threads_exec.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Test
 using Base.Threads
 using Base.Threads: SpinLock, threadpoolsize
+using LinearAlgebra: peakflops
 
 # for cfunction_closure
 include("testenv.jl")
@@ -1067,3 +1068,33 @@ end
         popfirst!(LOAD_PATH)
     end
 end
+
+@testset "CPU time counter" begin
+    t = Threads.@spawn begin
+        peakflops()
+    end
+    wait(t)
+    @test t.cpu_time_ns > 0
+end
+
+@testset "CPU time counter: lots of spawns" begin
+    using Base.Threads, Dates
+    # create more tasks than we have cores
+    # the CPU time each task gets should be less
+    # than the wall time
+    @sync begin
+        for i in 1:100
+            start_time = now()
+            task = @spawn begin
+                peakflops()
+            end
+            @spawn begin
+                wait(task)
+                end_time = now()
+                wall_time_delta = end_time - start_time
+                cpu_time = Nanosecond(task.cpu_time_ns)
+                @test cpu_time < wall_time_delta
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end