diff --git a/src/actions/profile-view.js b/src/actions/profile-view.js
index a26c2e78d5..8e35ef8b70 100644
--- a/src/actions/profile-view.js
+++ b/src/actions/profile-view.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import type {
   MarkerIndex,
   Transform,
   ThreadsKey,
+  Milliseconds,
 } from 'firefox-profiler/types';
 
 /**
@@ -1361,3 +1362,12 @@ export function setDataSource(dataSource: DataSource): Action {
     dataSource,
   };
 }
+
+export function changeMouseTimePosition(
+  mouseTimePosition: Milliseconds | null
+): Action {
+  return {
+    type: 'CHANGE_MOUSE_TIME_POSITION',
+    mouseTimePosition,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/reducers/profile-view.js b/src/reducers/profile-view.js
index b5131561b9..9e294c486b 100644
--- a/src/reducers/profile-view.js
+++ b/src/reducers/profile-view.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import type {
   CallNodePath,
   IndexIntoFuncTable,
   ThreadsKey,
+  Milliseconds,
 } from 'firefox-profiler/types';
 import { objectMap } from '../utils/flow';
 
@@ -571,6 +572,22 @@ const rightClickedMarker: Reducer<RightClickedMarker | null> = (
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * TODO: This is not used yet, see issue #222
+ * This is for tracking mouse position in timeline-axis
+ */
+const mouseTimePosition: Reducer<Milliseconds | null> = (
+  state = null,
+  action
+) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case 'CHANGE_MOUSE_TIME_POSITION':
+      return action.mouseTimePosition;
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * The origins timeline is experimental. See the OriginsTimeline component
  * for more information.
@@ -620,6 +637,7 @@ const profileViewReducer: Reducer<ProfileViewState> = wrapReducerInResetter(
       rightClickedTrack,
       rightClickedCallNode,
       rightClickedMarker,
+      mouseTimePosition,
     }),
     profile,
     full: combineReducers({
diff --git a/src/selectors/profile.js b/src/selectors/profile.js
index 3477311e43..84f7e2c9d0 100644
--- a/src/selectors/profile.js
+++ b/src/selectors/profile.js
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ export const getCommittedRange: Selector<StartEndRange> = createSelector(
   }
 );
 
+export const getMouseTimePosition: Selector<Milliseconds | null> = state =>
+  getProfileViewOptions(state).mouseTimePosition;
+
 export const getPreviewSelection: Selector<PreviewSelection> = state =>
   getProfileViewOptions(state).previewSelection;
 
diff --git a/src/test/store/profile-view.test.js b/src/test/store/profile-view.test.js
index dbda933c67..7cdb672e64 100644
--- a/src/test/store/profile-view.test.js
+++ b/src/test/store/profile-view.test.js
@@ -3604,3 +3604,21 @@ describe('getProcessedEventDelays', function() {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+// This test is for 'mouseTimePosition' redux store, which tracks mouse position in timeline-axis
+describe('mouseTimePosition', function() {
+  function setup() {
+    const profile = getProfileFromTextSamples('A');
+    return storeWithProfile(profile.profile);
+  }
+
+  it('should get mouse time position', () => {
+    const { dispatch, getState } = setup();
+
+    dispatch(ProfileView.changeMouseTimePosition(null));
+    expect(ProfileViewSelectors.getMouseTimePosition(getState())).toBeNull();
+
+    dispatch(ProfileView.changeMouseTimePosition(1000));
+    expect(ProfileViewSelectors.getMouseTimePosition(getState())).toBe(1000);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/types/actions.js b/src/types/actions.js
index bec5763dc8..4d1ab99700 100644
--- a/src/types/actions.js
+++ b/src/types/actions.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import type { Transform, TransformStacksPerThread } from './transforms';
 import type { IndexIntoZipFileTable } from '../profile-logic/zip-files';
 import type { TabSlug } from '../app-logic/tabs-handling';
 import type { UrlState, UploadState, State } from './state';
-import type { CssPixels, StartEndRange } from './units';
+import type { CssPixels, StartEndRange, Milliseconds } from './units';
 
 export type DataSource =
   | 'none'
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ type UrlStateAction =
       +type: 'SET_DATA_SOURCE',
       +dataSource: DataSource,
     |}
+  | {|
+      +type: 'CHANGE_MOUSE_TIME_POSITION',
+      +mouseTimePosition: Milliseconds | null,
+    |}
   | {|
       +type: 'TOGGLE_RESOURCES_PANEL',
       +selectedThreadIndexes: Set<ThreadIndex>,
diff --git a/src/types/state.js b/src/types/state.js
index 1a96f4ae31..7a7d4f75eb 100644
--- a/src/types/state.js
+++ b/src/types/state.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import type {
   CheckedSharingOptions,
 } from './actions';
 import type { TabSlug } from '../app-logic/tabs-handling';
-import type { StartEndRange, CssPixels } from './units';
+import type { StartEndRange, CssPixels, Milliseconds } from './units';
 import type { Profile, ThreadIndex, Pid, BrowsingContextID } from './profile';
 
 import type {
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export type ProfileViewState = {
     rightClickedTrack: TrackReference | null,
     rightClickedCallNode: RightClickedCallNode | null,
     rightClickedMarker: RightClickedMarker | null,
+    mouseTimePosition: Milliseconds | null,
   |},
   +profile: Profile | null,
   +full: FullProfileViewState,