diff --git a/builtin/client/init.lua b/builtin/client/init.lua
index 8ed4c94d4..dd218aab6 100644
--- a/builtin/client/init.lua
+++ b/builtin/client/init.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local clientpath = scriptpath.."client"..DIR_DELIM
 local commonpath = scriptpath.."common"..DIR_DELIM
 
 dofile(clientpath .. "register.lua")
+dofile(commonpath .. "after.lua")
 dofile(commonpath .. "chatcommands.lua")
 dofile(clientpath .. "preview.lua")
 
diff --git a/builtin/client/preview.lua b/builtin/client/preview.lua
index 0d7d50a0d..22e8bb97f 100644
--- a/builtin/client/preview.lua
+++ b/builtin/client/preview.lua
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ core.register_chatcommand("dump", {
 	end,
 })
 
+core.after(2, function()
+	print("After 2")
+end)
diff --git a/builtin/common/after.lua b/builtin/common/after.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30a9c7bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/common/after.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+local jobs = {}
+local time = 0.0
+local last = core.get_us_time() / 1000000
+
+core.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
+	local new = core.get_us_time() / 1000000
+	if new > last then
+		time = time + (new - last)
+	else
+		-- Overflow, we may lose a little bit of time here but
+		-- only 1 tick max, potentially running timers slightly
+		-- too early.
+		time = time + new
+	end
+	last = new
+
+	if #jobs < 1 then
+		return
+	end
+
+	-- Iterate backwards so that we miss any new timers added by
+	-- a timer callback, and so that we don't skip the next timer
+	-- in the list if we remove one.
+	for i = #jobs, 1, -1 do
+		local job = jobs[i]
+		if time >= job.expire then
+			core.set_last_run_mod(job.mod_origin)
+			job.func(unpack(job.arg))
+			table.remove(jobs, i)
+		end
+	end
+end)
+
+function core.after(after, func, ...)
+	assert(tonumber(after) and type(func) == "function",
+		"Invalid core.after invocation")
+	jobs[#jobs + 1] = {
+		func = func,
+		expire = time + after,
+		arg = {...},
+		mod_origin = core.get_last_run_mod()
+	}
+end
diff --git a/builtin/game/init.lua b/builtin/game/init.lua
index 793d9fe2b..3e192a30a 100644
--- a/builtin/game/init.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/init.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if core.setting_getbool("profiler.load") then
 	profiler = dofile(scriptpath.."profiler"..DIR_DELIM.."init.lua")
 end
 
+dofile(commonpath .. "after.lua")
 dofile(gamepath.."item_entity.lua")
 dofile(gamepath.."deprecated.lua")
 dofile(gamepath.."misc.lua")
diff --git a/builtin/game/misc.lua b/builtin/game/misc.lua
index 3419c1980..25376c180 100644
--- a/builtin/game/misc.lua
+++ b/builtin/game/misc.lua
@@ -4,50 +4,6 @@
 -- Misc. API functions
 --
 
-local jobs = {}
-local time = 0.0
-local last = core.get_us_time() / 1000000
-
-core.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
-	local new = core.get_us_time() / 1000000
-	if new > last then
-		time = time + (new - last)
-	else
-		-- Overflow, we may lose a little bit of time here but
-		-- only 1 tick max, potentially running timers slightly
-		-- too early.
-		time = time + new
-	end
-	last = new
-
-	if #jobs < 1 then
-		return
-	end
-
-	-- Iterate backwards so that we miss any new timers added by
-	-- a timer callback, and so that we don't skip the next timer
-	-- in the list if we remove one.
-	for i = #jobs, 1, -1 do
-		local job = jobs[i]
-		if time >= job.expire then
-			core.set_last_run_mod(job.mod_origin)
-			job.func(unpack(job.arg))
-			table.remove(jobs, i)
-		end
-	end
-end)
-
-function core.after(after, func, ...)
-	assert(tonumber(after) and type(func) == "function",
-			"Invalid core.after invocation")
-	jobs[#jobs + 1] = {
-		func = func,
-		expire = time + after,
-		arg = {...},
-		mod_origin = core.get_last_run_mod()
-	}
-end
-
 function core.check_player_privs(name, ...)
 	local arg_type = type(name)
 	if (arg_type == "userdata" or arg_type == "table") and
diff --git a/doc/client_lua_api.txt b/doc/client_lua_api.txt
index c7329b0d8..8ce487bf8 100644
--- a/doc/client_lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/client_lua_api.txt
@@ -706,6 +706,11 @@ Call these functions only at load time!
     * `parameters` is a sound parameter table
 * `minetest.sound_stop(handle)`
 
+### Timing
+* `minetest.after(time, func, ...)`
+    * Call the function `func` after `time` seconds, may be fractional
+    * Optional: Variable number of arguments that are passed to `func`
+
 ### Misc.
 * `minetest.parse_json(string[, nullvalue])`: returns something
     * Convert a string containing JSON data into the Lua equivalent
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
index 277a874bf..b9c334121 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_util.cpp
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ void ModApiUtil::InitializeClient(lua_State *L, int top)
 {
 	API_FCT(log);
 
+	API_FCT(get_us_time);
+
 	API_FCT(setting_set);
 	API_FCT(setting_get);
 	API_FCT(setting_setbool);