diff --git a/arch/posix/include/posix_cheats.h b/arch/posix/include/posix_cheats.h
index b18d7756f7f..576db1635e8 100644
--- a/arch/posix/include/posix_cheats.h
+++ b/arch/posix/include/posix_cheats.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_IPC
 
 #define timespec zap_timespec
+#define timeval  zap_timeval
 #define pthread_mutex_t zap_pthread_mutex_t
 #define pthread_mutexattr_t    zap_pthread_mutexattr_t
 #define pthread_cond_t         zap_pthread_cond_t
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@
 /* Clock */
 #define clock_gettime(...)		zap_clock_gettime(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define clock_settime(...)		zap_clock_settime(__VA_ARGS__)
+#define gettimeofday(...)		zap_clock_gettimeofday(__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /* Timer */
 #define timer_create(...)	zap_timer_create(__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/include/posix/time.h b/include/posix/time.h
index fbbc70a3955..e0b53a5d38e 100644
--- a/include/posix/time.h
+++ b/include/posix/time.h
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ struct itimerspec {
 	struct timespec it_value;     /* Timer expiration */
 };
 
+struct timeval {
+	signed int  tv_sec;
+	signed int  tv_usec;
+};
+
 #include <kernel.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "sys/types.h"
@@ -63,6 +68,8 @@ int timer_gettime(timer_t timerid, struct itimerspec *its);
 int timer_settime(timer_t timerid, int flags, const struct itimerspec *value,
 		  struct itimerspec *ovalue);
 
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, const void *tz);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/posix/clock.c b/lib/posix/clock.c
index 3ed4363c424..631e35a6cf0 100644
--- a/lib/posix/clock.c
+++ b/lib/posix/clock.c
@@ -29,3 +29,24 @@ int clock_gettime(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *ts)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get current real time.
+ *
+ * See IEEE 1003.1
+ */
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, const void *tz)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+	int res;
+
+	/* As per POSIX, "if tzp is not a null pointer, the behavior
+	 * is unspecified."  "tzp" is the "tz" parameter above. */
+	ARG_UNUSED(tv);
+
+	res = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+	tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+	tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
+	return res;
+}