diff --git a/base/timing.jl b/base/timing.jl
index a97e185b036cb..aa5ceef4f8466 100644
--- a/base/timing.jl
+++ b/base/timing.jl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct GC_Num
     max_memory      ::Int64
     time_to_safepoint             ::Int64
     max_time_to_safepointp        ::Int64
+    total_time_to_safepoint       ::Int64
     sweep_time      ::Int64
     mark_time       ::Int64
     total_sweep_time  ::Int64
diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 5c4f838c6bd11..8cfd74df49809 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -3336,6 +3336,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_collect(jl_gc_collection_t collection)
     if (duration > gc_num.max_time_to_safepoint)
         gc_num.max_time_to_safepoint = duration;
     gc_num.time_to_safepoint = duration;
+    gc_num.total_time_to_safepoint += duration;
 
     gc_invoke_callbacks(jl_gc_cb_pre_gc_t,
         gc_cblist_pre_gc, (collection));
diff --git a/src/gc.h b/src/gc.h
index 00c3d48b52935..36a8f87c0b6c7 100644
--- a/src/gc.h
+++ b/src/gc.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ typedef struct {
     uint64_t    max_memory;
     uint64_t    time_to_safepoint;
     uint64_t    max_time_to_safepoint;
+    uint64_t    total_time_to_safepoint;
     uint64_t    sweep_time;
     uint64_t    mark_time;
     uint64_t    total_sweep_time;