diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
index 0d0c701..b196f71 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ group_add_out:
 		mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
 		return err;
 	}
+	case EXT3_IOC_INODE_JIFFIES: {
+		return ei->created_when;
+	}
 
 
 	default:
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index f38a5af..c2c83dd 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ static struct inode *ext3_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 #endif
 	ei->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
 	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
+	ei->created_when = jiffies;
 	return &ei->vfs_inode;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 8120fa1..d1ba6b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct ext3_new_group_data {
 #endif
 #define EXT3_IOC_GETRSVSZ		_IOR('f', 5, long)
 #define EXT3_IOC_SETRSVSZ		_IOW('f', 6, long)
+#define EXT3_IOC_INODE_JIFFIES		_IOR('f', 19, long)
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands in 32 bit emulation
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
index 7894dd0..87d512a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs_i.h
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ struct ext3_inode_info {
 	 * by other means, so we have truncate_mutex.
 	 */
 	struct mutex truncate_mutex;
+	unsigned long		created_when; /* jiffies of creation time */	
+
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };