diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/Timer.hpp b/src/openrct2/core/Timer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0812d2e17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/Timer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 OpenRCT2 developers
+ *
+ * For a complete list of all authors, please refer to contributors.md
+ * Interested in contributing? Visit https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2
+ *
+ * OpenRCT2 is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+namespace OpenRCT2
+{
+    class Timer
+    {
+        using Clock = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock;
+        using Timepoint = Clock::time_point;
+
+        Timepoint _tp = Clock::now();
+
+    public:
+        void Restart() noexcept
+        {
+            _tp = Clock::now();
+        }
+
+        float GetElapsed() const noexcept
+        {
+            auto elapsed = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(Clock::now() - _tp);
+            return static_cast<float>(static_cast<double>(elapsed.count()) / 1'000'000.0);
+        }
+    };
+
+} // namespace OpenRCT2
diff --git a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
index 3eb744c77c..7059938a80 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="core\String.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\StringBuilder.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\StringReader.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="core\Timer.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\Zip.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\ZipStream.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="Date.h" />