diff --git a/keystore/java/android/security/KeyStore.java b/keystore/java/android/security/KeyStore.java
index f49c4294fb9e2..4637991af134f 100644
--- a/keystore/java/android/security/KeyStore.java
+++ b/keystore/java/android/security/KeyStore.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.io.UTFDataFormatException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charsets;
 import java.nio.charset.ModifiedUtf8;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 /**
  * @hide This should not be made public in its present form because it
@@ -228,6 +229,23 @@ public class KeyStore {
         return ungrant(getKeyBytes(key), getUidBytes(uid));
     }
 
+    private long getmtime(byte[] key) {
+        final ArrayList<byte[]> values = execute('c', key);
+        if (values == null || values.isEmpty()) {
+            return -1L;
+        }
+
+        return Long.parseLong(new String(values.get(0))) * 1000L;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the last modification time of the key in milliseconds since the
+     * epoch. Will return -1L if the key could not be found or other error.
+     */
+    public long getmtime(String key) {
+        return getmtime(getKeyBytes(key));
+    }
+
     public int getLastError() {
         return mError;
     }
diff --git a/keystore/tests/src/android/security/KeyStoreTest.java b/keystore/tests/src/android/security/KeyStoreTest.java
index 9f35b8d54e827..07a2d7b9a8287 100755
--- a/keystore/tests/src/android/security/KeyStoreTest.java
+++ b/keystore/tests/src/android/security/KeyStoreTest.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ package android.security;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.security.KeyStore;
 import android.test.ActivityUnitTestCase;
+import android.test.AssertionFailedError;
 import android.test.suitebuilder.annotation.MediumTest;
 import java.nio.charset.Charsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
 /**
@@ -403,4 +405,52 @@ public class KeyStoreTest extends ActivityUnitTestCase<Activity> {
         assertFalse("Should fail to ungrant key to other user second time",
                 mKeyStore.ungrant(TEST_KEYNAME, 0));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The amount of time to allow before and after expected time for variance
+     * in timing tests.
+     */
+    private static final long SLOP_TIME_MILLIS = 15000L;
+
+    public void testGetmtime_Success() throws Exception {
+        assertTrue("Password should work for keystore",
+                mKeyStore.password(TEST_PASSWD));
+
+        assertTrue("Should be able to import key when unlocked",
+                mKeyStore.importKey(TEST_KEYNAME, PRIVKEY_BYTES));
+
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long actual = mKeyStore.getmtime(TEST_KEYNAME);
+
+        long expectedAfter = now - SLOP_TIME_MILLIS;
+        long expectedBefore = now + SLOP_TIME_MILLIS;
+
+        assertLessThan("Time should be close to current time", expectedBefore, actual);
+        assertGreaterThan("Time should be close to current time", expectedAfter, actual);
+    }
+
+    private static void assertLessThan(String explanation, long expectedBefore, long actual) {
+        if (actual >= expectedBefore) {
+            throw new AssertionFailedError(explanation + ": actual=" + actual
+                    + ", expected before: " + expectedBefore);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void assertGreaterThan(String explanation, long expectedAfter, long actual) {
+        if (actual <= expectedAfter) {
+            throw new AssertionFailedError(explanation + ": actual=" + actual
+                    + ", expected after: " + expectedAfter);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testGetmtime_NonExist_Failure() throws Exception {
+        assertTrue("Password should work for keystore",
+                mKeyStore.password(TEST_PASSWD));
+
+        assertTrue("Should be able to import key when unlocked",
+                mKeyStore.importKey(TEST_KEYNAME, PRIVKEY_BYTES));
+
+        assertEquals("-1 should be returned for non-existent key",
+                -1L, mKeyStore.getmtime(TEST_KEYNAME2));
+    }
 }