diff --git a/core/sys/darwin/xnu_system_call_wrappers.odin b/core/sys/darwin/xnu_system_call_wrappers.odin
index 685f75ffa..c1d2fd6f7 100644
--- a/core/sys/darwin/xnu_system_call_wrappers.odin
+++ b/core/sys/darwin/xnu_system_call_wrappers.odin
@@ -416,4 +416,4 @@ syscall_chdir :: #force_inline proc(path: cstring) -> c.int {
 
 syscall_fchdir :: #force_inline proc(fd: c.int, path: cstring) -> c.int {
 	return cast(c.int)intrinsics.syscall(unix_offset_syscall(.getentropy), uintptr(fd), transmute(uintptr)path)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin b/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2796470e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/time/tsc_darwin.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//+private
+//+build darwin
+package time
+
+import "core:sys/darwin"
+
+_get_tsc_frequency :: proc "contextless" () -> u64 {
+	@(static) frequency : u64 = 0
+	if frequency > 0 {
+		return frequency
+	}
+
+	tmp_freq : u64 = 0
+	tmp_size : i64 = size_of(tmp_freq)
+	ret := darwin.syscall_sysctlbyname("machdep.tsc.frequency", &tmp_freq, &tmp_size, nil, 0)
+	if ret < 0 {
+		frequency = 1
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	frequency = tmp_freq
+	return frequency
+}