diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Timer.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Timer.h
index 88ccee45..d53feb79 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Timer.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Timer.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		
 		float elapsedTimeInSeconds(void);
 		uint32_t elapsedTimeInMilliSeconds(void);
+		uint32_t elapsedTimeInMicroSeconds(void);
 		
 	private:
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Timer.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Timer.cpp
index 32190aa8..fc45c7c2 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Timer.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Timer.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	{
 		return static_cast<uint32_t>(elapsedTimeInSeconds() * 1000.0f);
 	}
+
+	uint32_t Timer::elapsedTimeInMicroSeconds(void)
+	{
+		return static_cast<uint32_t>(elapsedTimeInSeconds() * 1000000.0f);
+	}
 #else //_MSC_VER
 	Timer::Timer(bool bAutoStart)
 	{
@@ -92,5 +97,11 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		std::chrono::duration<float, std::milli> elapsed_milliseconds = clock::now() - m_start;
 		return elapsed_milliseconds.count();
 	}
+
+	uint32_t Timer::elapsedTimeInMicroSeconds(void)
+	{
+		std::chrono::duration<float, std::micro> elapsed_microseconds = clock::now() - m_start;
+		return elapsed_microseconds.count();
+	}
 #endif //_MSC_VER
 }