diff --git a/base/timing.jl b/base/timing.jl
index ab7af23048305..8ddee831c07f0 100644
--- a/base/timing.jl
+++ b/base/timing.jl
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ end
 # cumulative total time spent on compilation
 cumulative_compile_time_ns_before() = ccall(:jl_cumulative_compile_time_ns_before, UInt64, ())
 cumulative_compile_time_ns_after() = ccall(:jl_cumulative_compile_time_ns_after, UInt64, ())
+# cumulative total time this thread has spent on compilation since process start.
+cumulative_compile_time_ns() = ccall(:jl_cumulative_compile_time_ns, UInt64, ())
 
 # total time spend in garbage collection, in nanoseconds
 gc_time_ns() = ccall(:jl_gc_total_hrtime, UInt64, ())
diff --git a/src/jitlayers.cpp b/src/jitlayers.cpp
index f13a1af3352fd..0e3bf4035d831 100644
--- a/src/jitlayers.cpp
+++ b/src/jitlayers.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ uint64_t jl_cumulative_compile_time_ns_after()
     return jl_cumulative_compile_time[tid];
 }
 
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT
+uint64_t jl_cumulative_compile_time_ns() {
+    int tid = jl_threadid();
+    return jl_cumulative_compile_time[tid];
+}
+
 // this generates llvm code for the lambda info
 // and adds the result to the jitlayers
 // (and the shadow module),
diff --git a/test/misc.jl b/test/misc.jl
index e765dc9279b86..7d38b4622a024 100644
--- a/test/misc.jl
+++ b/test/misc.jl
@@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ function timev_macro_scope()
 end
 @test timev_macro_scope() == 1
 
+
+t1 = @async @time begin
+    sleep(2)
+    @eval module M ; f(x,y) = x+y ; end
+    @eval M.f(2,3)
+end
+
+t2 = @async begin
+    sleep(1)
+    @time 2 + 2
+end
+
+
 # interactive utilities
 
 struct ambigconvert; end # inject a problematic `convert` method to ensure it still works