diff --git a/libs/deer/src/impls/core.rs b/libs/deer/src/impls/core.rs
index 75749330d69..3e2ab33b7d7 100644
--- a/libs/deer/src/impls/core.rs
+++ b/libs/deer/src/impls/core.rs
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ mod non_zero;
 mod option;
 mod string;
 mod sync;
+mod time;
 mod unit;
diff --git a/libs/deer/src/impls/core/time.rs b/libs/deer/src/impls/core/time.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e39fbfbc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/deer/src/impls/core/time.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use core::time::Duration;
+
+use error_stack::Result;
+
+use crate::{error::DeserializeError, Deserialize, Deserializer};
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Duration {
+    type Reflection = <f64 as Deserialize<'de>>::Reflection;
+
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(de: D) -> Result<Self, DeserializeError> {
+        f64::deserialize(de).map(Self::from_secs_f64)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/deer/tests/test_impls_core_time.rs b/libs/deer/tests/test_impls_core_time.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68294f93238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/deer/tests/test_impls_core_time.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use core::time::Duration;
+
+use deer_desert::{assert_tokens_with_assertion, Token};
+use proptest::prelude::*;
+
+#[cfg(not(miri))]
+proptest! {
+    #[test]
+    fn duration_ok(value in any::<Duration>()) {
+        let input = value.as_secs_f64();
+
+        assert_tokens_with_assertion(|received: Duration| {
+            // due to the inherent imprecise nature of floats, we cannot use `assert_eq!`
+            // instead we need to check if the difference between both values is <= ε
+            // (which is the upper bound on the relative approximation error)
+            assert!((received.as_secs_f64() - value.as_secs_f64()).abs() <= f64::EPSILON);
+        }, &[Token::Number(input.into())]);
+    }
+}