diff --git a/nx/include/switch.h b/nx/include/switch.h
index 9b2c846f..c3779377 100644
--- a/nx/include/switch.h
+++ b/nx/include/switch.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "switch/arm/tls.h"
 #include "switch/arm/cache.h"
+#include "switch/arm/atomics.h"
+#include "switch/arm/counter.h"
 
 #include "switch/kernel/svc.h"
 #include "switch/kernel/tmem.h"
diff --git a/nx/include/switch/arm/counter.h b/nx/include/switch/arm/counter.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b54e092a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nx/include/switch/arm/counter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * @file counter.h
+ * @brief AArch64 system counter-timer.
+ * @author fincs
+ * @copyright libnx Authors
+ */
+#pragma once
+#include "../types.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Gets the current system tick.
+ * @return The current system tick.
+ */
+static inline u64 armGetSystemTick(void) {
+    u64 ret;
+    __asm__ __volatile__ ("mrs %x[data], cntpct_el0" : [data] "=r" (ret));
+    return ret;
+}