diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 6bd79347..a6925cea 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 		"stdlib.go",
 		"string.go",
 		"structs.go",
+		"timers.go",
 		"zeroalloc.go",
 	}
 	_, minor, err := goenv.GetGorootVersion(goenv.Get("GOROOT"))
@@ -180,6 +181,14 @@ func runPlatTests(options compileopts.Options, tests []string, t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, name := range tests {
+		if options.GOOS == "linux" && (options.GOARCH == "arm" || options.GOARCH == "386") {
+			switch name {
+			case "timers.go":
+				// Timer tests do not work because syscall.seek is implemented
+				// as Assembly in mainline Go and causes linker failure
+				continue
+			}
+		}
 		if options.Target == "simavr" {
 			// Not all tests are currently supported on AVR.
 			// Skip the ones that aren't.
@@ -208,6 +217,11 @@ func runPlatTests(options compileopts.Options, tests []string, t *testing.T) {
 				// CGo does not work on AVR.
 				continue
 
+			case "timers.go":
+				// Doesn't compile:
+				//   panic: compiler: could not store type code number inside interface type code
+				continue
+
 			default:
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/runtime/scheduler.go b/src/runtime/scheduler.go
index 383051ae..7367eed3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/scheduler.go
+++ b/src/runtime/scheduler.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package runtime
 
 import (
 	"internal/task"
+	"runtime/interrupt"
 )
 
 const schedulerDebug = false
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ var (
 	runqueue           task.Queue
 	sleepQueue         *task.Task
 	sleepQueueBaseTime timeUnit
+	timerQueue         *timerNode
 )
 
 // Simple logging, for debugging.
@@ -114,6 +116,46 @@ func addSleepTask(t *task.Task, duration timeUnit) {
 	*q = t
 }
 
+// addTimer adds the given timer node to the timer queue. It must not be in the
+// queue already.
+// This function is very similar to addSleepTask but for timerQueue instead of
+// sleepQueue.
+func addTimer(tim *timerNode) {
+	mask := interrupt.Disable()
+
+	// Add to timer queue.
+	q := &timerQueue
+	for ; *q != nil; q = &(*q).next {
+		if tim.whenTicks() < (*q).whenTicks() {
+			// this will finish earlier than the next - insert here
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	tim.next = *q
+	*q = tim
+	interrupt.Restore(mask)
+}
+
+// removeTimer is the implementation of time.stopTimer. It removes a timer from
+// the timer queue, returning true if the timer is present in the timer queue.
+func removeTimer(tim *timer) bool {
+	removedTimer := false
+	mask := interrupt.Disable()
+	for t := &timerQueue; *t != nil; t = &(*t).next {
+		if (*t).timer == tim {
+			scheduleLog("removed timer")
+			*t = (*t).next
+			removedTimer = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !removedTimer {
+		scheduleLog("did not remove timer")
+	}
+	interrupt.Restore(mask)
+	return removedTimer
+}
+
 // Run the scheduler until all tasks have finished.
 func scheduler() {
 	// Main scheduler loop.
@@ -121,7 +163,7 @@ func scheduler() {
 	for !schedulerDone {
 		scheduleLog("")
 		scheduleLog("  schedule")
-		if sleepQueue != nil {
+		if sleepQueue != nil || timerQueue != nil {
 			now = ticks()
 		}
 
@@ -136,9 +178,20 @@ func scheduler() {
 			runqueue.Push(t)
 		}
 
+		// Check for expired timers to trigger.
+		if timerQueue != nil && now >= timerQueue.whenTicks() {
+			scheduleLog("--- timer awoke")
+			// Pop timer from queue.
+			tn := timerQueue
+			timerQueue = tn.next
+			tn.next = nil
+			// Run the callback stored in this timer node.
+			tn.callback(tn)
+		}
+
 		t := runqueue.Pop()
 		if t == nil {
-			if sleepQueue == nil {
+			if sleepQueue == nil && timerQueue == nil {
 				if asyncScheduler {
 					// JavaScript is treated specially, see below.
 					return
@@ -146,12 +199,26 @@ func scheduler() {
 				waitForEvents()
 				continue
 			}
-			timeLeft := timeUnit(sleepQueue.Data) - (now - sleepQueueBaseTime)
+
+			var timeLeft timeUnit
+			if sleepQueue != nil {
+				timeLeft = timeUnit(sleepQueue.Data) - (now - sleepQueueBaseTime)
+			}
+			if timerQueue != nil {
+				timeLeftForTimer := timerQueue.whenTicks() - now
+				if sleepQueue == nil || timeLeftForTimer < timeLeft {
+					timeLeft = timeLeftForTimer
+				}
+			}
+
 			if schedulerDebug {
 				println("  sleeping...", sleepQueue, uint(timeLeft))
 				for t := sleepQueue; t != nil; t = t.Next {
 					println("    task sleeping:", t, timeUnit(t.Data))
 				}
+				for tim := timerQueue; tim != nil; tim = tim.next {
+					println("---   timer waiting:", tim, tim.whenTicks())
+				}
 			}
 			sleepTicks(timeLeft)
 			if asyncScheduler {
diff --git a/src/runtime/time.go b/src/runtime/time.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b14eae6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/time.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package runtime
+
+// timerNode is an element in a linked list of timers.
+type timerNode struct {
+	next     *timerNode
+	timer    *timer
+	callback func(*timerNode)
+}
+
+// whenTicks returns the (absolute) time when this timer should trigger next.
+func (t *timerNode) whenTicks() timeUnit {
+	return nanosecondsToTicks(t.timer.when)
+}
+
+// Defined in the time package, implemented here in the runtime.
+//go:linkname startTimer time.startTimer
+func startTimer(tim *timer) {
+	addTimer(&timerNode{
+		timer:    tim,
+		callback: timerCallback,
+	})
+	scheduleLog("adding timer")
+}
+
+// timerCallback is called when a timer expires. It makes sure to call the
+// callback in the time package and to re-add the timer to the queue if this is
+// a ticker (repeating timer).
+// This is intentionally used as a callback and not a direct call (even though a
+// direct call would be trivial), because otherwise a circular dependency
+// between scheduler, addTimer and timerQueue would form. Such a circular
+// dependency causes timerQueue not to get optimized away.
+// If timerQueue doesn't get optimized away, small programs (that don't call
+// time.NewTimer etc) would still pay the cost of these timers.
+func timerCallback(tn *timerNode) {
+	// Run timer function (implemented in the time package).
+	// The seq parameter to the f function is not used in the time
+	// package so is left zero.
+	tn.timer.f(tn.timer.arg, 0)
+
+	// If this is a periodic timer (a ticker), re-add it to the queue.
+	if tn.timer.period != 0 {
+		tn.timer.when += tn.timer.period
+		addTimer(tn)
+	}
+}
+
+//go:linkname stopTimer time.stopTimer
+func stopTimer(tim *timer) bool {
+	return removeTimer(tim)
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/timer_go116.go b/src/runtime/timer_go116.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ff1625a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/timer_go116.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//go:build !go1.18
+// +build !go1.18
+
+// Portions copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package runtime
+
+type puintptr uintptr
+
+// Package time knows the layout of this structure.
+// If this struct changes, adjust ../time/sleep.go:/runtimeTimer.
+type timer struct {
+	// If this timer is on a heap, which P's heap it is on.
+	// puintptr rather than *p to match uintptr in the versions
+	// of this struct defined in other packages.
+	pp puintptr
+
+	// Timer wakes up at when, and then at when+period, ... (period > 0 only)
+	// each time calling f(arg, now) in the timer goroutine, so f must be
+	// a well-behaved function and not block.
+	//
+	// when must be positive on an active timer.
+	when   int64
+	period int64
+	f      func(interface{}, uintptr)
+	arg    interface{}
+	seq    uintptr
+
+	// What to set the when field to in timerModifiedXX status.
+	nextwhen int64
+
+	// The status field holds one of the values below.
+	status uint32
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/timer_go118.go b/src/runtime/timer_go118.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..894ed849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/runtime/timer_go118.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
+
+// Portions copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package runtime
+
+type puintptr uintptr
+
+// Package time knows the layout of this structure.
+// If this struct changes, adjust ../time/sleep.go:/runtimeTimer.
+type timer struct {
+	// If this timer is on a heap, which P's heap it is on.
+	// puintptr rather than *p to match uintptr in the versions
+	// of this struct defined in other packages.
+	pp puintptr
+
+	// Timer wakes up at when, and then at when+period, ... (period > 0 only)
+	// each time calling f(arg, now) in the timer goroutine, so f must be
+	// a well-behaved function and not block.
+	//
+	// when must be positive on an active timer.
+	when   int64
+	period int64
+	f      func(any, uintptr)
+	arg    any
+	seq    uintptr
+
+	// What to set the when field to in timerModifiedXX status.
+	nextwhen int64
+
+	// The status field holds one of the values below.
+	status uint32
+}
diff --git a/testdata/timers.go b/testdata/timers.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99591c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/timers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+import "time"
+
+func main() {
+	// Test ticker.
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 160)
+	println("waiting on ticker")
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 80)
+		println(" - after 80ms")
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 160)
+		println(" - after 240ms")
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 160)
+		println(" - after 400ms")
+	}()
+	<-ticker.C
+	println("waited on ticker at 160ms")
+	<-ticker.C
+	println("waited on ticker at 320ms")
+	ticker.Stop()
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 400)
+	select {
+	case <-ticker.C:
+		println("fail: ticker should have stopped!")
+	default:
+		println("ticker was stopped (didn't send anything after 400ms)")
+	}
+
+	timer := time.NewTimer(time.Millisecond * 160)
+	println("waiting on timer")
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 80)
+		println(" - after 80ms")
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 160)
+		println(" - after 240ms")
+	}()
+	<-timer.C
+	println("waited on timer at 160ms")
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 160)
+}
diff --git a/testdata/timers.txt b/testdata/timers.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24142d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/timers.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+waiting on ticker
+ - after 80ms
+waited on ticker at 160ms
+ - after 240ms
+waited on ticker at 320ms
+ - after 400ms
+ticker was stopped (didn't send anything after 400ms)
+waiting on timer
+ - after 80ms
+waited on timer at 160ms
+ - after 240ms