diff --git a/time.c b/time.c
index 6397f20..5755b67 100644
--- a/time.c
+++ b/time.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 static struct timeval genesis;
 static unsigned long ns_granularity;
+unsigned long long genesis_cycles;
 
 unsigned long long utime_since(struct timeval *s, struct timeval *e)
 {
@@ -150,10 +151,12 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void fio_init time_init(void)
+void fio_init fio_time_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	fio_clock_init();
+
 	/*
 	 * Check the granularity of the nanosleep function
 	 */
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@
 void set_genesis_time(void)
 {
 	fio_gettime(&genesis, NULL);
+	genesis_cycles = get_cpu_clock();
 }
 
 void fill_start_time(struct timeval *t)