diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 8500ca74..d9a0a757 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stat32
 statfs
 sysinfo
 time
+times
 uid
 uid16
 uid32
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 0ba7ca72..24e255eb 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 	statfs \
 	sysinfo \
 	time \
+	times \
 	uid \
 	uid16 \
 	uid32 \
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ mq_LDADD = -lrt
 pc_LDADD = $(dl_LIBS)
 stat_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 statfs_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+times_LDADD = -lrt
 uio_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 stack_fcall_SOURCES = stack-fcall.c \
 	stack-fcall-0.c stack-fcall-1.c stack-fcall-2.c stack-fcall-3.c
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	ppoll.test \
 	sun_path.test \
 	time.test \
+	times.test \
 	umovestr.test \
 	umovestr2.test \
 	unix-yy.test \
diff --git a/tests/times.c b/tests/times.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bdb0ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/times.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/**
+ * @file
+ * This test burns some CPU cycles in user space and kernel space in order to
+ * get some non-zero values returned by times(2).
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/times.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+enum {
+	NUM_USER_ITERS = 1000000,
+	CPUTIME_LIMIT_SEC = 2,
+};
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+	struct tms tbuf;
+	struct timespec ts;
+	clock_t res;
+	unsigned long long llres;
+	volatile int dummy;
+	pid_t pid;
+	int i;
+
+	pid = fork();
+
+	if (pid < 0)
+		return 77;
+
+	/* Enjoying my user time */
+	while (clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &ts) == 0) {
+		if (ts.tv_sec >= CPUTIME_LIMIT_SEC)
+			break;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < NUM_USER_ITERS; i++, dummy++)
+			;
+	}
+
+	/* Enjoying my system time */
+	while (clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &ts) == 0) {
+		if (ts.tv_sec >= (CPUTIME_LIMIT_SEC * 2))
+			break;
+
+		sched_yield();
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		wait(NULL);
+	}
+
+	res = times(&tbuf);
+
+	if (res == (clock_t) -1)
+		return 77;
+
+	if (sizeof(llres) > sizeof(res))
+		llres = (unsigned long) res;
+	else
+		llres = res;
+
+	printf("times({tms_utime=%llu, tms_stime=%llu, ",
+		(unsigned long long) tbuf.tms_utime,
+		(unsigned long long) tbuf.tms_stime);
+	printf("tms_cutime=%llu, tms_cstime=%llu}) = %llu\n",
+		(unsigned long long) tbuf.tms_cutime,
+		(unsigned long long) tbuf.tms_cstime,
+		llres);
+	puts("+++ exited with 0 +++");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/times.test b/tests/times.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..28ecc3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/times.test
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Check decoding of times syscall
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"
+
+run_prog > /dev/null
+OUT="$LOG.out"
+run_strace -etimes -esignal=none $args > "$OUT"
+match_diff "$OUT" "$LOG"
+rm -f "$OUT"
+
+exit 0