diff --git a/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.c b/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.c
index f6534241b9..781b496037 100644
--- a/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.c
+++ b/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "hw/registerfields.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-clock.h"
 #include "hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ static void cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_init(Object *obj)
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(s->timermod); i++) {
         sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->timermod[i].timerint);
     }
+    s->timclk = qdev_init_clock_in(DEVICE(s), "TIMCLK", NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -485,9 +487,10 @@ static const VMStateDescription cmsdk_dualtimermod_vmstate = {
 
 static const VMStateDescription cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_vmstate = {
     .name = "cmsdk-apb-dualtimer",
-    .version_id = 1,
-    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .version_id = 2,
+    .minimum_version_id = 2,
     .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_CLOCK(timclk, CMSDKAPBDualTimer),
         VMSTATE_STRUCT_ARRAY(timermod, CMSDKAPBDualTimer,
                              CMSDK_APB_DUALTIMER_NUM_MODULES,
                              1, cmsdk_dualtimermod_vmstate,
diff --git a/include/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.h b/include/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.h
index 08d9e6fa3d..3adbb01dd3 100644
--- a/include/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.h
+++ b/include/hw/timer/cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  *
  * QEMU interface:
  *  + QOM property "pclk-frq": frequency at which the timer is clocked
+ *  + Clock input "TIMCLK": clock (for both timers)
  *  + sysbus MMIO region 0: the register bank
  *  + sysbus IRQ 0: combined timer interrupt TIMINTC
  *  + sysbus IRO 1: timer block 1 interrupt TIMINT1
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/ptimer.h"
+#include "hw/clock.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 #define TYPE_CMSDK_APB_DUALTIMER "cmsdk-apb-dualtimer"
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ struct CMSDKAPBDualTimer {
     MemoryRegion iomem;
     qemu_irq timerintc;
     uint32_t pclk_frq;
+    Clock *timclk;
 
     CMSDKAPBDualTimerModule timermod[CMSDK_APB_DUALTIMER_NUM_MODULES];
     uint32_t timeritcr;