diff --git a/protobuf/src/cached_size.rs b/protobuf/src/cached_size.rs
index c515f0942..706269f5b 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/cached_size.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/cached_size.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ pub struct CachedSize {
 }
 
 impl CachedSize {
+    /// Default value for cached size.
+    pub const INIT: CachedSize = CachedSize {
+        size: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+    };
+
     /// Get cached size
     pub fn get(&self) -> u32 {
         self.size.load(Ordering::Relaxed) as u32
diff --git a/protobuf/src/lib.rs b/protobuf/src/lib.rs
index 8b5a291a3..cb890a235 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub mod plugin;
 pub mod rustproto;
 
 mod any;
+mod timestamp;
 
 mod clear;
 mod core;
diff --git a/protobuf/src/timestamp.rs b/protobuf/src/timestamp.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b7636d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf/src/timestamp.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+use crate::cached_size::CachedSize;
+use crate::well_known_types::Timestamp;
+use crate::UnknownFields;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
+
+impl Timestamp {
+    /// Unix epoch value of timestamp.
+    pub const UNIX_EPOCH: Timestamp = Timestamp {
+        seconds: 0,
+        nanos: 0,
+        unknown_fields: UnknownFields::INIT,
+        cached_size: CachedSize::INIT,
+    };
+}
+
+/// Convert from [`Timestamp`].
+///
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// This function panics if given `SystemTime` is outside of `Timestamp` range.
+impl From<SystemTime> for Timestamp {
+    fn from(time: SystemTime) -> Self {
+        match time.duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) {
+            Ok(since_epoch) => Timestamp {
+                seconds: since_epoch.as_secs() as i64,
+                nanos: since_epoch.subsec_nanos() as i32,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                let before_epoch = e.duration();
+                Timestamp {
+                    seconds: -(before_epoch.as_secs() as i64)
+                        - (before_epoch.subsec_nanos() != 0) as i64,
+                    nanos: (1_000_000_000 - before_epoch.subsec_nanos() as i32) % 1_000_000_000,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convert into [`SystemTime`].
+///
+/// The conversion could be lossy if `SystemTime` precision is smaller than nanoseconds.
+///
+/// # Panics
+///
+/// This function panics:
+/// * if given `Timestamp` is outside of `SystemTime` range
+/// * if `Timestamp` is malformed
+impl Into<SystemTime> for Timestamp {
+    fn into(self) -> SystemTime {
+        if self.seconds >= 0 {
+            let duration =
+                Duration::from_secs(self.seconds as u64) + Duration::from_nanos(self.nanos as u64);
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + duration
+        } else {
+            let duration =
+                Duration::from_secs(-self.seconds as u64) - Duration::from_nanos(self.nanos as u64);
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH - duration
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::well_known_types::Timestamp;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn from_system_time() {
+        fn to_from(timestamp: Timestamp, system_time: SystemTime) {
+            assert_eq!(timestamp, Timestamp::from(system_time));
+            assert_eq!(system_time, Into::<SystemTime>::into(timestamp));
+        }
+
+        to_from(Timestamp::UNIX_EPOCH, SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH);
+        to_from(
+            Timestamp {
+                seconds: 0,
+                nanos: 200_000_000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_millis(200),
+        );
+        to_from(
+            Timestamp {
+                seconds: 3,
+                nanos: 200_000_000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_millis(3_200),
+        );
+        to_from(
+            Timestamp {
+                seconds: -1,
+                nanos: 800_000_000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::from_millis(200),
+        );
+        to_from(
+            Timestamp {
+                seconds: -4,
+                nanos: 800_000_000,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH - Duration::from_millis(3_200),
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/protobuf/src/unknown.rs b/protobuf/src/unknown.rs
index 1b16737b6..4a0d892ff 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/unknown.rs
+++ b/protobuf/src/unknown.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ pub struct UnknownFields {
     fields: Option<Box<HashMap<u32, UnknownValues>>>,
 }
 
+impl UnknownFields {
+    /// Field initializer.
+    pub const INIT: UnknownFields = UnknownFields { fields: None };
+}
+
 /// Very simple hash implementation of `Hash` for `UnknownFields`.
 /// Since map is unordered, we cannot put entry hashes into hasher,
 /// instead we summing hashes of entries.