diff --git a/bin/llvm-kompile-clang b/bin/llvm-kompile-clang
index 138e65150..7adce5a1d 100644
--- a/bin/llvm-kompile-clang
+++ b/bin/llvm-kompile-clang
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ if $link; then
     "$LIBDIR"/libcollect.a
     "$LIBDIR"/libmeta.a
     "$LIBDIR"/libjson.a
+    "$LIBDIR"/libtimer.a
   )
 
   components=(
diff --git a/include/runtime/timer.h b/include/runtime/timer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..910954ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/runtime/timer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef TIMER_H
+#define TIMER_H
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+// Macro to register a new timer.
+// Timers are implemented using the std::chrono::high_resolution_clock.
+// The unit should be one of the duration types provided in std::chrono,
+// e.g. seconds, microseconds, etc.
+#define REGISTER_TIMER(name, unit)                                             \
+  static std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point name##_clock_start;    \
+  static std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point name##_clock_stop;     \
+  void name##_timer_start() {                                                  \
+    name##_clock_start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();            \
+  }                                                                            \
+  void name##_timer_stop() {                                                   \
+    name##_clock_stop = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();             \
+  }                                                                            \
+  uint64_t name##_timer_measurement() {                                        \
+    return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::unit>(                      \
+               name##_clock_stop - name##_clock_start)                         \
+        .count();                                                              \
+  }
+
+#endif // TIMER_H
diff --git a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 7cb635ccd..d89eb3815 100644
--- a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ add_subdirectory(lto)
 add_subdirectory(meta)
 add_subdirectory(strings)
 add_subdirectory(util)
+add_subdirectory(timer)
diff --git a/runtime/timer/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/timer/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11d9abb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/timer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+add_library( timer STATIC
+  timer.cpp
+)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS timer
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib/kllvm
+)
diff --git a/runtime/timer/timer.cpp b/runtime/timer/timer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8068c4ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/timer/timer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "runtime/header.h"
+#include "runtime/timer.h"
+
+REGISTER_TIMER(hook, nanoseconds);
+
+extern "C" {
+
+block *hook_TIMER_timerStart(void) {
+  hook_timer_start();
+
+  return dot_k();
+}
+
+block *hook_TIMER_timerStop(void) {
+  hook_timer_stop();
+
+  std::ofstream times_file;
+  times_file.open("hook_times.txt", std::ios_base::app);
+  times_file << hook_timer_measurement() << std::endl;
+
+  return dot_k();
+}
+}