diff --git a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f2a6d95c..bf50ee123 100644
--- a/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set(base_SOURCES
   i2-base.hpp
   application.cpp application.hpp application-ti.hpp application-version.cpp application-environment.cpp
   array.cpp array.hpp array-script.cpp
-  atomic.hpp
+  atomic.cpp atomic.hpp
   atomic-file.cpp atomic-file.hpp
   base64.cpp base64.hpp
   boolean.cpp boolean.hpp boolean-script.cpp
diff --git a/lib/base/atomic.cpp b/lib/base/atomic.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3066e3642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/base/atomic.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2025 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+#include "base/atomic.hpp"
+
+using namespace icinga;
+
+/**
+ * Adds the elapsedTime to this instance.
+ *
+ * May be called multiple times to accumulate time.
+ *
+ * @param elapsedTime The distance between two time points
+ *
+ * @return This instance for method chaining
+ */
+AtomicDuration& AtomicDuration::operator+=(const Clock::duration& elapsedTime) noexcept
+{
+	m_Sum.fetch_add(elapsedTime.count(), std::memory_order_relaxed);
+	return *this;
+}
diff --git a/lib/base/atomic.hpp b/lib/base/atomic.hpp
index 855850336..f0546fd04 100644
--- a/lib/base/atomic.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/atomic.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define ATOMIC_H
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <utility>
@@ -34,6 +35,31 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
+/**
+ * Accumulates time durations atomically.
+ *
+ * @ingroup base
+ */
+class AtomicDuration
+{
+public:
+	using Clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
+
+	AtomicDuration& operator+=(const Clock::duration&) noexcept;
+
+	/**
+	 * @return The total accumulated time in seconds
+	 */
+	template<class T>
+	operator T() const noexcept
+	{
+		return std::chrono::duration<T>(Clock::duration(m_Sum.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))).count();
+	}
+
+private:
+	Atomic<Clock::duration::rep> m_Sum {0};
+};
+
 /**
  * Wraps any T into a std::atomic<T>-like interface that locks using a mutex.
  *
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index c4b1041dd..1fbad98a9 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ add_boost_test(types
 set(base_test_SOURCES
   icingaapplication-fixture.cpp
   base-array.cpp
+  base-atomic.cpp
   base-base64.cpp
   base-convert.cpp
   base-dictionary.cpp
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ add_boost_test(base
     base_array/foreach
     base_array/clone
     base_array/json
+    base_atomic/duration_none
+    base_atomic/duration_one
+    base_atomic/duration_two
     base_base64/base64
     base_convert/tolong
     base_convert/todouble
diff --git a/test/base-atomic.cpp b/test/base-atomic.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1888fecc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/base-atomic.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Icinga 2 | (c) 2025 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2+ */
+
+#include "base/atomic.hpp"
+#include <BoostTestTargetConfig.h>
+
+using namespace icinga;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(base_atomic)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(duration_none)
+{
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL((double)AtomicDuration(), 0);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(duration_one)
+{
+	AtomicDuration sum;
+
+	sum += std::chrono::seconds(1);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL((double)sum, 1);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(duration_two)
+{
+	AtomicDuration sum;
+
+	sum += std::chrono::seconds(1);
+	sum += std::chrono::seconds(2);
+
+	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL((double)sum, 3);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()