diff --git a/criu/include/proc_parse.h b/criu/include/proc_parse.h
index 0f5e91056..c68566130 100644
--- a/criu/include/proc_parse.h
+++ b/criu/include/proc_parse.h
@@ -108,5 +108,6 @@ int parse_children(pid_t pid, pid_t **_c, int *_n);
 
 extern bool is_vma_range_fmt(char *line);
 extern void parse_vmflags(char *buf, u32 *flags, u64 *madv, int *io_pf);
+extern int parse_uptime(struct timeval *_tv);
 
 #endif /* __CR_PROC_PARSE_H__ */
diff --git a/criu/proc_parse.c b/criu/proc_parse.c
index 4ab11a31a..5aabed1eb 100644
--- a/criu/proc_parse.c
+++ b/criu/proc_parse.c
@@ -2712,3 +2712,27 @@ err:
 	xfree(ch);
 	return -1;
 }
+
+__maybe_unused int parse_uptime(struct timeval *_tv)
+{
+	unsigned long sec, csec;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	f = fopen("/proc/uptime", "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		pr_perror("Failed to fopen /proc/uptime");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (fscanf(f, "%lu.%2lu", &sec, &csec) != 2) {
+		pr_perror("Failed to parse /proc/uptime");
+		fclose(f);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	_tv->tv_sec = sec;
+	_tv->tv_usec = csec * (USEC_PER_SEC / 100);
+
+	fclose(f);
+	return 0;
+}