diff --git a/include/vlc_tick.h b/include/vlc_tick.h
index 19d835cac6..31d7ee8905 100644
--- a/include/vlc_tick.h
+++ b/include/vlc_tick.h
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ static inline vlc_tick_t vlc_tick_from_timeval(const struct timeval *tv)
     return vlc_tick_from_sec( tv->tv_sec ) + VLC_TICK_FROM_US( tv->tv_usec );
 }
 
+static inline vlc_tick_t vlc_tick_from_timespec(const struct timespec *tv)
+{
+    return vlc_tick_from_sec( tv->tv_sec ) + VLC_TICK_FROM_NS( tv->tv_nsec );
+}
+
 struct timespec timespec_from_vlc_tick(vlc_tick_t date);