diff --git a/ueforth/common/tasking_tester.fs b/ueforth/common/tasking_tester.fs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f78ce15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ueforth/common/tasking_tester.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+( Trying some things with tasks )
+
+: printer1 begin 42 emit 1000 ms again ;
+: printer2 begin 43 emit 500 ms again ;
+: runner begin pause again ;
+
+' printer1 1000 1000 task print1
+' printer2 1000 1000 task print2
+print1 start-task
+print2 start-task
+runner
diff --git a/ueforth/common/tasks.fs b/ueforth/common/tasks.fs
index 78410ae..27520e2 100644
--- a/ueforth/common/tasks.fs
+++ b/ueforth/common/tasks.fs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ forth definitions tasks
   task-list @ 2 cells + @ rp!
 ;
 
+DEFINED? ms-ticks [IF]
+  : ms ( n -- ) ms-ticks >r begin pause ms-ticks r@ - over >= until rdrop drop ;
+[THEN]
+
 tasks definitions
 0 0 0 task main-task   main-task start-task
 forth definitions
diff --git a/ueforth/posix/posix.fs b/ueforth/posix/posix.fs
index 2e5befd..2cc16bd 100644
--- a/ueforth/posix/posix.fs
+++ b/ueforth/posix/posix.fs
@@ -139,6 +139,23 @@ O_RDWR constant r/w
    dup 0 SEEK_END lseek r> swap >r
          SEEK_SET lseek drop r> d0<ior ;
 
+( Clock )
+z" clock_gettime" 2 sysfunc clock_gettime
+: timespec ( "name" ) create 0 , 0 , ;
+0 constant CLOCK_REALTIME
+1 constant CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+2 constant CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID
+3 constant CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
+4 constant CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+5 constant CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE
+6 constant CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE
+7 constant CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+8 constant CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM
+9 constant CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM
+: ms-ticks ( -- n )
+   0 >r 0 >r CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW rp@ cell - clock_gettime throw
+   r> 1000000 / r> 1000 * + ;
+
 ( Other Utils )
 : ms ( n -- ) 1000 * usleep drop ;