diff --git a/Shell/main.cpp b/Shell/main.cpp
index 4abdc73165..8c236416f6 100644
--- a/Shell/main.cpp
+++ b/Shell/main.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 GlobalState g;
 static LineEditor editor;
 
+static int run_command(const String&);
+
 static String prompt()
 {
     if (g.uid == 0)
@@ -133,6 +135,25 @@ static int sh_history(int, char**)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int sh_time(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    if (argc == 1) {
+        printf("usage: time <command>\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    StringBuilder builder;
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+        builder.append(argv[i]);
+        if (i != argc - 1)
+            builder.append(' ');
+    }
+    CElapsedTimer timer;
+    timer.start();
+    int exit_code = run_command(builder.to_string());
+    printf("Time: %d ms\n", timer.elapsed());
+    return exit_code;
+}
+
 static int sh_umask(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     if (argc == 1) {
@@ -392,6 +413,10 @@ static bool handle_builtin(int argc, char** argv, int& retval)
         retval = sh_popd(argc, argv);
         return true;
     }
+    if (!strcmp(argv[0], "time")) {
+        retval = sh_time(argc, argv);
+        return true;
+    }
     return false;
 }