diff --git a/time/time.go b/time/time.go
index 88deb94a..c028966a 100644
--- a/time/time.go
+++ b/time/time.go
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ func time_time(self py.Object) (py.Object, error) {
 	return py.Float(time.Now().UnixNano()) / 1e9, nil
 }
 
+const time_ns_doc = `time_ns() -> int
+
+Return the current time in nanoseconds since the Epoch.
+`
+
+func time_time_ns(self py.Object) (py.Object, error) {
+	return py.Int(time.Now().UnixNano()), nil
+}
+
 // func floatclock(_Py_clock_info_t *info) (py.Object, error) {
 // 	value := clock()
 // 	if value == (clock_t)-1 {
@@ -979,6 +988,7 @@ func PyInit_timezone(m py.Object) {
 func init() {
 	methods := []*py.Method{
 		py.MustNewMethod("time", time_time, 0, time_doc),
+		py.MustNewMethod("time_ns", time_time_ns, 0, time_ns_doc),
 		py.MustNewMethod("clock", time_clock, 0, clock_doc),
 		py.MustNewMethod("clock_gettime", time_clock_gettime, 0, clock_gettime_doc),
 		py.MustNewMethod("clock_settime", time_clock_settime, 0, clock_settime_doc),
@@ -1037,6 +1047,7 @@ tzname -- tuple of (standard time zone name, DST time zone name)
 Functions:
 
 time() -- return current time in seconds since the Epoch as a float
+time_ns() -- return current time in nanoseconds since the Epoch
 clock() -- return CPU time since process start as a float
 sleep() -- delay for a number of seconds given as a float
 gmtime() -- convert seconds since Epoch to UTC tuple