diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/Timer.cpp b/kernel/src/arch/Timer.cpp
index 8220a3b8..cec949e5 100644
--- a/kernel/src/arch/Timer.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/Timer.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ namespace Timer
         timespecadd(&s_realtime_clock, &s_interval, &s_realtime_clock);
     }
 
+    usize ticks_ms()
+    {
+        return (s_monotonic_clock.tv_sec * 1000) + (s_monotonic_clock.tv_nsec / 1'000'000);
+    }
+
     struct timespec* monotonic_clock()
     {
         return &s_monotonic_clock;
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/Timer.h b/kernel/src/arch/Timer.h
index 49c039fd..0b6d3fa3 100644
--- a/kernel/src/arch/Timer.h
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/Timer.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace Timer
 {
     void tick();
 
+    usize ticks_ms();
+
     struct timespec* monotonic_clock();
 
     struct timespec* realtime_clock();