diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
index adc2524fd8e3..6a81f55fcd0d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ struct io_cqring_offsets {
 #define IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAIT		(1U << 2)
 #define IORING_ENTER_EXT_ARG		(1U << 3)
 #define IORING_ENTER_REGISTERED_RING	(1U << 4)
+#define IORING_ENTER_ABS_TIMER		(1U << 5)
 
 /*
  * Passed in for io_uring_setup(2). Copied back with updated info on success
diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 9ec07f76ad19..5282f9887440 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ static inline int io_cqring_wait_schedule(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
  * Wait until events become available, if we don't already have some. The
  * application must reap them itself, as they reside on the shared cq ring.
  */
-static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
+static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events, u32 flags,
 			  const sigset_t __user *sig, size_t sigsz,
 			  struct __kernel_timespec __user *uts)
 {
@@ -2416,13 +2416,13 @@ static int io_cqring_wait(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, int min_events,
 
 	if (uts) {
 		struct timespec64 ts;
-		ktime_t dt;
 
 		if (get_timespec64(&ts, uts))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		dt = timespec64_to_ktime(ts);
-		iowq.timeout = ktime_add(dt, ktime_get());
+		iowq.timeout = timespec64_to_ktime(ts);
+		if (!(flags & IORING_ENTER_ABS_TIMER))
+			iowq.timeout = ktime_add(iowq.timeout, ktime_get());
 	}
 
 	if (sig) {
@@ -3153,7 +3153,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(io_uring_enter, unsigned int, fd, u32, to_submit,
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~(IORING_ENTER_GETEVENTS | IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAKEUP |
 			       IORING_ENTER_SQ_WAIT | IORING_ENTER_EXT_ARG |
-			       IORING_ENTER_REGISTERED_RING)))
+			       IORING_ENTER_REGISTERED_RING |
+			       IORING_ENTER_ABS_TIMER)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -3251,8 +3252,8 @@ iopoll_locked:
 			if (likely(!ret2)) {
 				min_complete = min(min_complete,
 						   ctx->cq_entries);
-				ret2 = io_cqring_wait(ctx, min_complete, sig,
-						      argsz, ts);
+				ret2 = io_cqring_wait(ctx, min_complete, flags,
+						      sig, argsz, ts);
 			}
 		}