diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
index 0f375e901a36..561dcdb83cee 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/nolibc.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include "stdio.h"
 #include "stdlib.h"
 #include "string.h"
+#include "time.h"
 #include "unistd.h"
 
 /* Used by programs to avoid std includes */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/time.h b/tools/include/nolibc/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d18b7661fdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR MIT */
+/*
+ * time function definitions for NOLIBC
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2022 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NOLIBC_TIME_H
+#define _NOLIBC_TIME_H
+
+#include "std.h"
+#include "arch.h"
+#include "types.h"
+#include "sys.h"
+
+static __attribute__((unused))
+time_t time(time_t *tptr)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+
+	/* note, cannot fail here */
+	sys_gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+
+	if (tptr)
+		*tptr = tv.tv_sec;
+	return tv.tv_sec;
+}
+
+#endif /* _NOLIBC_TIME_H */