diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/TaskMetrics.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/TaskMetrics.scala
index 93fff4526..3f6cdaef2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/TaskMetrics.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/TaskMetrics.scala
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ class TaskMetrics extends Serializable {
    */
   var executorRunTime: Long = _
 
+  /**
+   * Total time consumed by compute monotasks for this macrotask. May be larger than executorRunTime
+   * if multiple compute monotasks ran simultaneously.
+   */
+  var computationNanos: Long = _
+
   /**
    * The number of bytes this task transmitted back to the driver as the TaskResult
    */
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/monotasks/compute/ComputeMonotask.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/monotasks/compute/ComputeMonotask.scala
index 8124a545a..7d477e765 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/monotasks/compute/ComputeMonotask.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/monotasks/compute/ComputeMonotask.scala
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ private[spark] abstract class ComputeMonotask(context: TaskContext)
 
   /** Runs the execute method and handles common exceptions thrown by ComputeMonotasks. */
   def executeAndHandleExceptions() {
+    val startTimeNanos = System.nanoTime()
     try {
       Accumulators.registeredAccumulables.set(context.accumulators)
       val result = execute()
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ private[spark] abstract class ComputeMonotask(context: TaskContext)
         val closureSerializer = context.env.closureSerializer.newInstance()
         context.localDagScheduler.handleTaskFailure(this, closureSerializer.serialize(reason))
       }
+    } finally {
+      context.taskMetrics.computationNanos = System.nanoTime() - startTimeNanos
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
index a8edba374..426b4add6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
     ("Host Name" -> taskMetrics.hostname) ~
     ("Executor Deserialize Time" -> taskMetrics.executorDeserializeTime) ~
     ("Executor Run Time" -> taskMetrics.executorRunTime) ~
+    ("Computation Nanos" -> taskMetrics.computationNanos) ~
     ("Result Size" -> taskMetrics.resultSize) ~
     ("JVM GC Time" -> taskMetrics.jvmGCTime) ~
     ("Result Serialization Time" -> taskMetrics.resultSerializationTime) ~
@@ -619,6 +620,8 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
     metrics.hostname = (json \ "Host Name").extract[String]
     metrics.executorDeserializeTime = (json \ "Executor Deserialize Time").extract[Long]
     metrics.executorRunTime = (json \ "Executor Run Time").extract[Long]
+    metrics.computationNanos =
+      Utils.jsonOption(json \ "Computation Nanos").map(_.extract[Long]).getOrElse(0L)
     metrics.resultSize = (json \ "Result Size").extract[Long]
     metrics.jvmGCTime = (json \ "JVM GC Time").extract[Long]
     metrics.resultSerializationTime = (json \ "Result Serialization Time").extract[Long]