diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.cpp b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
index 1e84c7c2df..6b2789daf7 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "sync.h"
@@ -1851,6 +1852,36 @@ void thread_ctrl::notify()
 	}
 }
 
+u64 thread_ctrl::get_cycles()
+{
+	u64 cycles;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	if (QueryThreadCycleTime((HANDLE)m_thread.load(), &cycles))
+	{
+#else
+	struct timespec thread_time;
+	if (!clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID, &thread_time))
+	{
+		cycles = static_cast<u64>(thread_time.tv_sec) * 1'000'000'000 + thread_time.tv_nsec;
+#endif
+		// Report 0 the first time this function is called
+		if (m_cycles == 0)
+		{
+			m_cycles = cycles;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		const auto diff_cycles = cycles - m_cycles;
+		m_cycles = cycles;
+		return diff_cycles;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		return m_cycles;
+	}
+}
+
 void thread_ctrl::test()
 {
 	const auto _this = g_tls_this_thread;
diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.h b/Utilities/Thread.h
index 11cb504253..75c6ea3dda 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.h
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.h
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ class thread_ctrl final
 	// Fixed name
 	std::string m_name;
 
+	// CPU cycles thread has run for
+	u64 m_cycles{0};
+
 	// Start thread
 	static void start(const std::shared_ptr<thread_ctrl>&, task_stack);
 
@@ -172,6 +175,15 @@ public:
 		return m_name;
 	}
 
+	// Get CPU cycles since last time this function was called. First call returns 0.
+	u64 get_cycles();
+
+	// Get platform-specific thread handle
+	std::uintptr_t get_native_handle() const
+	{
+		return m_thread.load();
+	}
+
 	// Get exception
 	std::exception_ptr get_exception() const;