diff --git a/tstime/monocoarse_asm.go b/tstime/monocoarse_asm.go
index 0c88c1d73..32c29fd4f 100644
--- a/tstime/monocoarse_asm.go
+++ b/tstime/monocoarse_asm.go
@@ -3,9 +3,32 @@
 
 package tstime
 
+const (
+	CLOCK_MONOTONIC        = 1
+	CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE = 6
+)
+
 // MonotonicCoarse returns the number of monotonic seconds elapsed
 // since an unspecified starting point, at low precision.
 // It is only meaningful when compared to the
 // result of previous MonotonicCoarse calls.
 // On some platforms, MonotonicCoarse is much faster than time.Now.
-func MonotonicCoarse() int64
+func monoClock(clock int) int64
+
+// Monotonic returns the number of monotonic seconds elapsed
+// since an unspecified starting point, at low precision.
+// It is only meaningful when compared to the
+// result of previous Monotonic calls.
+// On some platforms, Monotonic is much faster than time.Now.
+func Monotonic() int64 {
+	return monoClock(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+}
+
+// MonotonicCoarse returns the number of monotonic seconds elapsed
+// since an unspecified starting point, at low precision.
+// It is only meaningful when compared to the
+// result of previous MonotonicCoarse calls.
+// On some platforms, MonotonicCoarse is much faster than time.Now.
+func MonotonicCoarse() int64 {
+	return monoClock(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE)
+}
diff --git a/tstime/monocoarse_linux_amd64.s b/tstime/monocoarse_linux_amd64.s
index 7e1801570..cb96e85fd 100644
--- a/tstime/monocoarse_linux_amd64.s
+++ b/tstime/monocoarse_linux_amd64.s
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
 #define m_vdsoSP 832
 #define m_vdsoPC 840
 
-#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC	1
+// func monoClock(clock int) int64
+TEXT ·monoClock(SB),NOSPLIT,$16-16
+	MOVQ	clock+0(FP), DI
 
-// func MonotonicCoarse() int64
-TEXT ·MonotonicCoarse(SB),NOSPLIT,$16-8
 	// Switch to g0 stack.
 
 	MOVQ	SP, R12	// Save old SP; R12 unchanged by C code.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ TEXT ·MonotonicCoarse(SB),NOSPLIT,$16-8
 	MOVQ	CX, 0(SP)
 	MOVQ	DX, 8(SP)
 
-	LEAQ	ret+0(FP), DX
+	LEAQ	ret+8(FP), DX
 	MOVQ	-8(DX), CX
 	MOVQ	CX, m_vdsoPC(BX)
 	MOVQ	DX, m_vdsoSP(BX)
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ noswitch:
 	SUBQ	$16, SP		// Space for results
 	ANDQ	$~15, SP	// Align for C code
 
-	MOVL	$CLOCK_MONOTONIC, DI
 	LEAQ	0(SP), SI
 	MOVQ	runtime·vdsoClockgettimeSym(SB), AX
 	CMPQ	AX, $0
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ ret:
 	// return nsec in AX
 	IMULQ	$1000000000, AX
 	ADDQ	DX, AX
-	MOVQ	AX, ret+0(FP)
+	MOVQ	AX, ret+8(FP)
 	RET
 fallback:
 	MOVQ	$SYS_clock_gettime, AX
diff --git a/tstime/monocoarse_linux_arm64.s b/tstime/monocoarse_linux_arm64.s
index b13e1c051..f92694f2a 100644
--- a/tstime/monocoarse_linux_arm64.s
+++ b/tstime/monocoarse_linux_arm64.s
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@
 #define m_vdsoPC 840
 #define m_gsignal 80
 
-#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC	1
 
-// func MonotonicCoarse() int64
-TEXT ·MonotonicCoarse(SB),NOSPLIT,$24-8
+// func monoClock(clock int) int64
+TEXT ·monoClock(SB),NOSPLIT,$24-16
+	MOVD	clock+0(FP), R22
+
 	MOVD	RSP, R20	// R20 is unchanged by C code
 	MOVD	RSP, R1
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ noswitch:
 	BIC	$15, R1
 	MOVD	R1, RSP
 
-	MOVW	$CLOCK_MONOTONIC, R0
+	MOVW	R22, R0
 	MOVD	runtime·vdsoClockgettimeSym(SB), R2
 	CBZ	R2, fallback
 
@@ -132,5 +133,5 @@ finish:
 	MOVD	$1000000000, R4
 	MUL	R4, R3
 	ADD	R5, R3
-	MOVD	R3, ret+0(FP)
+	MOVD	R3, ret+8(FP)
 	RET
diff --git a/tstime/monocoarse_std.go b/tstime/monocoarse_std.go
index 8a289dcee..24630e167 100644
--- a/tstime/monocoarse_std.go
+++ b/tstime/monocoarse_std.go
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@
 func MonotonicCoarse() int64 {
 	return int64(time.Since(referenceTime).Seconds())
 }
+
+// Monotonic returns the number of monotonic seconds elapsed
+// since an unspecified starting point, at low precision.
+// It is only meaningful when compared to the
+// result of previous MonotonicCoarse calls.
+// On some platforms, MonotonicCoarse is much faster than time.Now.
+func Monotonic() int64 {
+	return int64(time.Since(referenceTime).Seconds())
+}
diff --git a/tstime/monocoarse_test.go b/tstime/monocoarse_test.go
index f2fdc0659..9a0e3ea18 100644
--- a/tstime/monocoarse_test.go
+++ b/tstime/monocoarse_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func TestMonotonicCoarse(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Errorf("monotonic coarse time did not progress after 3s")
 }
 
+func BenchmarkMonotonic(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		Monotonic()
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkMonotonicCoarse(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		MonotonicCoarse()