diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace-sections.py b/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace-sections.py
index 7b598537a5b012..7551e5c19be508 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace-sections.py
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace-sections.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import json, sys
+import json, sys, time
 
 def is_inside(range1, range2):
     a = range1["ts"]; b = a + range1["dur"]
@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@ def is_before(range1, range2):
     b = range1["ts"] + range1["dur"]; c = range2["ts"]
     return b <= c
 
-events = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())["traceEvents"]
+log_contents = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+events = log_contents["traceEvents"]
 codegens = [event for event in events if event["name"] == "CodeGen Function"]
 frontends = [event for event in events if event["name"] == "Frontend"]
 backends = [event for event in events if event["name"] == "Backend"]
 
+beginning_of_time = log_contents["beginningOfTime"] / 1000000
+seconds_since_epoch = time.time()
+
+# Make sure that the 'beginningOfTime' is not earlier than 10 seconds ago
+# and not later than now.
+if beginning_of_time > seconds_since_epoch or \
+        seconds_since_epoch - beginning_of_time > 10:
+    sys.exit("'beginningOfTime' should represent the absolute time when the "
+             "process has started")
+
 if not all([any([is_inside(codegen, frontend) for frontend in frontends])
                         for codegen in codegens]):
     sys.exit("Not all CodeGen sections are inside any Frontend section!")
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace.cpp
index 1484462b72bbe9..1d80748a523318 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/check-time-trace.cpp
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 // RUN:   | %python -c 'import json, sys; json.dump(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sys.stdout, sort_keys=True, indent=2)' \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s
 
-// CHECK: "traceEvents": [
-// CHECK: "args":
-// CHECK: "detail":
-// CHECK: "dur":
-// CHECK: "name":
+// CHECK:      "beginningOfTime": {{[0-9]{16},}}
+// CHECK-NEXT: "traceEvents": [
+// CHECK:      "args":
+// CHECK:      "detail":
+// CHECK:      "dur":
+// CHECK:      "name":
 // CHECK-NEXT: "ph":
 // CHECK-NEXT: "pid":
 // CHECK-NEXT: "tid":
 // CHECK-NEXT: "ts":
-// CHECK: "name": "clang{{.*}}"
-// CHECK: "name": "process_name"
-// CHECK: "name": "thread_name"
+// CHECK:      "name": "clang{{.*}}"
+// CHECK:      "name": "process_name"
+// CHECK:      "name": "thread_name"
 
 template <typename T>
 struct Struct {
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/time-trace.s b/lld/test/ELF/time-trace.s
index 8085a256649e48..e1da4c476f4070 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/time-trace.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/time-trace.s
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # RUN:   | %python -c 'import json, sys; json.dump(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sys.stdout, sort_keys=True, indent=2)' \
 # RUN:   | FileCheck %s
 
-# CHECK: "traceEvents": [
+# CHECK:      "beginningOfTime": {{[0-9]{16},}}
+# CHECK-NEXT: "traceEvents": [
 
 # Check one event has correct fields
 # CHECK:      "dur":
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/TimeProfiler.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/TimeProfiler.cpp
index c907c1aaf983a9..93bf6f57e3480e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/TimeProfiler.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/TimeProfiler.cpp
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ struct Entry {
 
 struct llvm::TimeTraceProfiler {
   TimeTraceProfiler(unsigned TimeTraceGranularity = 0, StringRef ProcName = "")
-      : StartTime(steady_clock::now()), ProcName(ProcName),
-        Pid(sys::Process::getProcessId()), Tid(llvm::get_threadid()),
-        TimeTraceGranularity(TimeTraceGranularity) {
+      : BeginningOfTime(system_clock::now()), StartTime(steady_clock::now()),
+        ProcName(ProcName), Pid(sys::Process::getProcessId()),
+        Tid(llvm::get_threadid()), TimeTraceGranularity(TimeTraceGranularity) {
     llvm::get_thread_name(ThreadName);
   }
 
@@ -234,12 +234,22 @@ struct llvm::TimeTraceProfiler {
 
     J.arrayEnd();
     J.attributeEnd();
+
+    // Emit the absolute time when this TimeProfiler started.
+    // This can be used to combine the profiling data from
+    // multiple processes and preserve actual time intervals.
+    J.attribute("beginningOfTime",
+                time_point_cast<microseconds>(BeginningOfTime)
+                    .time_since_epoch()
+                    .count());
+
     J.objectEnd();
   }
 
   SmallVector<Entry, 16> Stack;
   SmallVector<Entry, 128> Entries;
   StringMap<CountAndDurationType> CountAndTotalPerName;
+  const time_point<system_clock> BeginningOfTime;
   const TimePointType StartTime;
   const std::string ProcName;
   const sys::Process::Pid Pid;