diff --git a/lib/std/c.zig b/lib/std/c.zig
index cc5483cce9f4..5aaaa0309a95 100644
--- a/lib/std/c.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c.zig
@@ -1527,6 +1527,18 @@ pub usingnamespace switch (native_os) {
     },
 };
 
+// clock_nanosleep() and TIMER_ABSTIME exist in the libc of only some Unix-like
+// systems, but they are consistent everywhere they exist.
+pub usingnamespace switch (native_os) {
+    .linux, .freebsd, .netbsd, .dragonfly => struct {
+        pub const TIMER = struct {
+            pub const ABSTIME = 0x01;
+        };
+        pub extern "c" fn clock_nanosleep(clk_id: c_int, flags: c_int, rqtp: *const c.timespec, rmtp: ?*c.timespec) c_int;
+    },
+    else => struct {},
+};
+
 pub const fstat = switch (native_os) {
     .macos => switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => private.@"fstat$INODE64",
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 541d70e3fc51..32fa52f447f8 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ pub const Stat = system.Stat;
 pub const T = system.T;
 pub const TCSA = system.TCSA;
 pub const TCP = system.TCP;
+pub const TIMER = system.TIMER;
 pub const VDSO = system.VDSO;
 pub const W = system.W;
 pub const addrinfo = system.addrinfo;
@@ -5812,6 +5813,48 @@ pub fn nanosleep(seconds: u64, nanoseconds: u64) void {
     }
 }
 
+pub const ClockNanosleepError = error{
+    InvalidArgument,
+    NotImplemented,
+    UnsupportedClock,
+} || UnexpectedError;
+
+// The interface choices here are a blend of the existing ones from nanosleep()
+// and clock_gettime(), and EINTR is retried internally to mirror nanosleep()
+// while handling TIMER.ABSTIME properly.
+pub fn clock_nanosleep(clk_id: i32, flags: i32, seconds: u64, nanoseconds: u64) ClockNanosleepError!void {
+    // We could also potentially do a poor emulation via clock_gettime() +
+    // nanosleep() on systems that have those, but for now:
+    if (!@hasDecl(system, "clock_nanosleep"))
+        @compileError("Unsupported OS");
+
+    var req = timespec{
+        .tv_sec = std.math.cast(isize, seconds) orelse std.math.maxInt(isize),
+        .tv_nsec = std.math.cast(isize, nanoseconds) orelse std.math.maxInt(isize),
+    };
+    var rem: timespec = undefined;
+    while (true) {
+        // All the POSIX/libc versions of clock_nanosleep return *positive*
+        // errno numbers, which are unusual.  The direct Linux syscall uses
+        // normal -errno stuff.
+        const rc = system.clock_nanosleep(clk_id, flags, &req, &rem);
+        const errval: E = if (use_libc) @enumFromInt(rc) else errno(rc);
+        switch (errval) {
+            .SUCCESS => return,
+            .INTR => {
+                if (flags != system.TIMER.ABSTIME)
+                    req = rem;
+                continue;
+            },
+            .OPNOTSUPP => return error.UnsupportedClock,
+            .INVAL => return error.InvalidArgument,
+            .NOSYS => return error.NotImplemented, // NetBSD
+            .FAULT => unreachable,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn dl_iterate_phdr(
     context: anytype,
     comptime Error: type,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index 16a4332a4a4d..2ca5021f1fe3 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -1369,6 +1369,10 @@ pub fn clock_settime(clk_id: i32, tp: *const timespec) usize {
     return syscall2(.clock_settime, @as(usize, @bitCast(@as(isize, clk_id))), @intFromPtr(tp));
 }
 
+pub fn clock_nanosleep(clk_id: i32, flags: i32, rqtp: *const timespec, rmtp: ?*timespec) usize {
+    return std.os.linux.syscall4(.clock_nanosleep, @as(usize, @bitCast(@as(isize, clk_id))), @as(usize, @bitCast(@as(isize, flags))), @intFromPtr(rqtp), @intFromPtr(rmtp));
+}
+
 pub fn gettimeofday(tv: ?*timeval, tz: ?*timezone) usize {
     return syscall2(.gettimeofday, @intFromPtr(tv), @intFromPtr(tz));
 }
@@ -3420,6 +3424,10 @@ pub const CLOCK = struct {
     pub const TAI = 11;
 };
 
+pub const TIMER = struct {
+    pub const ABSTIME = 0x01;
+};
+
 pub const CSIGNAL = 0x000000ff;
 
 pub const CLONE = struct {
diff --git a/lib/std/os/test.zig b/lib/std/os/test.zig
index a006e6f1bce8..83a686dcb2a4 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/test.zig
@@ -1284,3 +1284,10 @@ test "fchmodat smoke test" {
         try expectMode(tmp.dir.fd, "symlink", 0o600);
     try expectMode(tmp.dir.fd, "regfile", 0o640);
 }
+
+test "clock_nanosleep smoke test" {
+    if (!@hasDecl(os.system, "clock_nanosleep")) return error.SkipZigTest;
+    // Absolute sleep until CLOCK.REALTIME is >= 0,0. Should always be <= now,
+    // and therefore should immediately return without error.
+    try os.clock_nanosleep(os.CLOCK.REALTIME, os.TIMER.ABSTIME, 0, 0);
+}