diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index ef87dc3f..61591dcd 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -902,6 +902,12 @@ void timeval_to_spec(struct timespec *spec, const struct timeval *val)
 	spec->tv_nsec = val->tv_usec * 1000;
 }
 
+void us_to_timeval(struct timeval *val, int64_t us)
+{
+	val->tv_sec = us / 1000000;
+	val->tv_usec = us - (val->tv_sec * 1000000);
+}
+
 /* Returns the microseconds difference between end and start times as a double */
 double us_tdiff(struct timeval *end, struct timeval *start)
 {
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index b5732200..3cc7ffed 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ bool time_less(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b);
 void copy_time(struct timeval *dest, const struct timeval *src);
 void timespec_to_val(struct timeval *val, const struct timespec *spec);
 void timeval_to_spec(struct timespec *spec, const struct timeval *val);
+void us_to_timeval(struct timeval *val, int64_t us);
 double us_tdiff(struct timeval *end, struct timeval *start);
 double tdiff(struct timeval *end, struct timeval *start);
 bool stratum_send(struct pool *pool, char *s, ssize_t len);