diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
index 4b3b33e530..f571422255 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Engine.cpp
@@ -571,3 +571,9 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_Engine_nBuilderBuild(JNIEnv*, jclass, jlong nat
     Engine::Builder* builder = (Engine::Builder*) nativeBuilder;
     return (jlong) builder->build();
 }
+
+extern "C"
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Engine_getSteadyClockTimeNano(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz) {
+    return (jlong)Engine::getSteadyClockTimeNano();
+}
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
index c48b616f56..1dc252d356 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/Renderer.cpp
@@ -187,3 +187,10 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_Renderer_nSetPresentationTime(JNIEnv *, jclass
     Renderer *renderer = (Renderer *) nativeRenderer;
     renderer->setPresentationTime(monotonicClockNanos);
 }
+
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_Renderer_nSetVsyncTime(JNIEnv *, jclass,
+    jlong nativeRenderer, jlong steadyClockTimeNano) {
+    Renderer *renderer = (Renderer *) nativeRenderer;
+    renderer->setVsyncTime(steadyClockTimeNano);
+}
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
index 5a28d1eae8..6c4c5119e3 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Engine.java
@@ -1292,7 +1292,6 @@ public class Engine {
     /**
      * Switch the command queue to unprotected mode. Protected mode can be activated via
      * Renderer::beginFrame() using a protected SwapChain.
-
      * @see Renderer
      * @see SwapChain
      */
@@ -1300,6 +1299,13 @@ public class Engine {
         nUnprotected(getNativeObject());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the current time. This is a convenience function that simply returns the
+     * time in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * @return current time in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * @see Renderer#beginFrame
+     */
+    public static native long getSteadyClockTimeNano();
 
     @UsedByReflection("TextureHelper.java")
     public long getNativeObject() {
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
index ab70e9ed38..4fb447db2c 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/Renderer.java
@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ public class Renderer {
         nSetPresentationTime(getNativeObject(), monotonicClockNanos);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The use of this method is optional. It sets the VSYNC time expressed as the duration in
+     * nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * If called, passing 0 to frameTimeNanos in Renderer.BeginFrame will use this
+     * time instead.
+     * @param steadyClockTimeNano duration in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock
+     * @see Engine#getSteadyClockTimeNano
+     * @see Renderer#beginFrame
+     */
+    public void setVsyncTime(long steadyClockTimeNano) {
+        nSetVsyncTime(getNativeObject(), steadyClockTimeNano);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets up a frame for this <code>Renderer</code>.
      * <p><code>beginFrame</code> manages frame pacing, and returns whether or not a frame should be
@@ -702,6 +715,7 @@ public class Renderer {
     }
 
     private static native void nSetPresentationTime(long nativeObject, long monotonicClockNanos);
+    private static native void nSetVsyncTime(long nativeObject, long steadyClockTimeNano);
     private static native boolean nBeginFrame(long nativeRenderer, long nativeSwapChain, long frameTimeNanos);
     private static native void nEndFrame(long nativeRenderer);
     private static native void nRender(long nativeRenderer, long nativeView);
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
index 2aed82736f..1c44fe9ab9 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Engine.h
@@ -1021,6 +1021,21 @@ public:
     void resetBackendState() noexcept;
 #endif
 
+    /**
+     * Get the current time. This is a convenience function that simply returns the
+     * time in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * A possible implementation is:
+     *
+     * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+     *     return std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+     * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+     *
+     * @return current time in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * @see Renderer::beginFrame()
+     */
+    static uint64_t getSteadyClockTimeNano() noexcept;
+
+
     DebugRegistry& getDebugRegistry() noexcept;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h b/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
index fdc291b1fd..83b6281604 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/Renderer.h
@@ -227,6 +227,17 @@ public:
     static constexpr CopyFrameFlag CLEAR = 0x4;
 
 
+    /**
+     * The use of this method is optional. It sets the VSYNC time expressed as the duration in
+     * nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock.
+     * If called, passing 0 to vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano in Renderer::BeginFrame will use this
+     * time instead.
+     * @param steadyClockTimeNano duration in nanosecond since epoch of std::chrono::steady_clock
+     * @see Engine::getSteadyClockTimeNano()
+     * @see Renderer::BeginFrame()
+     */
+    void setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept;
+
     /**
      * Set-up a frame for this Renderer.
      *
diff --git a/filament/src/Engine.cpp b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
index ad110dbc92..477a0871c8 100644
--- a/filament/src/Engine.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Engine.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <utils/compiler.h>
 #include <utils/Panic.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
+
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -361,7 +363,7 @@ const Engine::Config& Engine::getConfig() const noexcept {
     return downcast(this)->getConfig();
 }
 
-bool Engine::isStereoSupported(StereoscopicType stereoscopicType) const noexcept {
+bool Engine::isStereoSupported(StereoscopicType) const noexcept {
     return downcast(this)->isStereoSupported();
 }
 
@@ -369,6 +371,10 @@ size_t Engine::getMaxStereoscopicEyes() noexcept {
     return FEngine::getMaxStereoscopicEyes();
 }
 
+uint64_t Engine::getSteadyClockTimeNano() noexcept {
+    return std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
+}
+
 #if defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
 void Engine::resetBackendState() noexcept {
     downcast(this)->resetBackendState();
diff --git a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
index 85d58f9ec1..00837319b2 100644
--- a/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/Renderer.cpp
@@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ void Renderer::renderStandaloneView(View const* view) {
     downcast(this)->renderStandaloneView(downcast(view));
 }
 
+void Renderer::setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept {
+    downcast(this)->setVsyncTime(steadyClockTimeNano);
+}
+
 } // namespace filament
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
index 15094a0759..b27486542f 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ void FRenderer::setPresentationTime(int64_t monotonic_clock_ns) {
     driver.setPresentationTime(monotonic_clock_ns);
 }
 
+void FRenderer::setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept {
+    mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = steadyClockTimeNano;
+}
+
 bool FRenderer::beginFrame(FSwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
     assert_invariant(swapChain);
 
@@ -252,6 +256,11 @@ bool FRenderer::beginFrame(FSwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeN
     }
 #endif
 
+    if (!vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano) {
+        vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano;
+        mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = 0;
+    }
+
     // get the timestamp as soon as possible
     using namespace std::chrono;
     const steady_clock::time_point now{ steady_clock::now() };
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Renderer.h b/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
index 056d559977..263f899886 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
+++ b/filament/src/details/Renderer.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 
 #include "backend/DriverApiForward.h"
 
-#include <fg/FrameGraphId.h>
-#include <fg/FrameGraphTexture.h>
-
 #include <filament/Renderer.h>
 #include <filament/Viewport.h>
 
@@ -41,8 +38,18 @@
 #include <utils/compiler.h>
 #include <utils/Allocator.h>
 
+#include <math/vec4.h>
+
 #include <tsl/robin_set.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <functional>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 namespace filament {
 
 namespace backend {
@@ -78,6 +85,8 @@ public:
 
     void setPresentationTime(int64_t monotonic_clock_ns);
 
+    void setVsyncTime(uint64_t steadyClockTimeNano) noexcept;
+
     // start a frame
     bool beginFrame(FSwapChain* swapChain, uint64_t vsyncSteadyClockTimeNano);
 
@@ -187,6 +196,7 @@ private:
     backend::TargetBufferFlags mClearFlags{};
     tsl::robin_set<FRenderTarget*> mPreviousRenderTargets;
     std::function<void()> mBeginFrameInternal;
+    uint64_t mVsyncSteadyClockTimeNano = 0;
 };
 
 FILAMENT_DOWNCAST(Renderer)
diff --git a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
index 735305a563..e1bc5c3755 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
+++ b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ class_<Engine>("Engine")
         return Engine::create();
     }, allow_raw_pointers())
 
+    .class_function("getSteadyClockTimeNano", &Engine::getSteadyClockTimeNano)
+
     .function("unprotected", &Engine::unprotected)
 
     .function("enableAccurateTranslations", &Engine::enableAccurateTranslations)
@@ -623,6 +625,8 @@ class_<Renderer>("Renderer")
     }), allow_raw_pointers())
     .function("_setClearOptions", &Renderer::setClearOptions, allow_raw_pointers())
     .function("getClearOptions", &Renderer::getClearOptions)
+    .function("setPresentationTime", &Renderer::setPresentationTime)
+    .function("setVsyncTime", &Renderer::setVsyncTime)
     .function("beginFrame", EMBIND_LAMBDA(bool, (Renderer* self, SwapChain* swapChain), {
         return self->beginFrame(swapChain);
     }), allow_raw_pointers())