diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 48ee94e0df..7ac05e6f2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ export SCHEME
 
 .PHONY: all idris2-exec libdocs testenv testenv-clean support clean-support clean FORCE
 
-all: support ${TARGET} libs
+all: ${TARGET} libs
 
 idris2-exec: ${TARGET}
 
-${TARGET}: src/IdrisPaths.idr
+${TARGET}: support src/IdrisPaths.idr
 	${IDRIS2_BOOT} --build ${IDRIS2_APP_IPKG}
+	cp ${IDRIS2_CURDIR}/support/c/${IDRIS2_SUPPORT} ${TARGETDIR}/${NAME}_app/${IDRIS2_SUPPORT}
 
 # We use FORCE to always rebuild IdrisPath so that the git SHA1 info is always up to date
 src/IdrisPaths.idr: FORCE
diff --git a/idris2api.ipkg b/idris2api.ipkg
index 81fef80e68..1724a33733 100644
--- a/idris2api.ipkg
+++ b/idris2api.ipkg
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ modules =
 
     Libraries.System.File,
     Libraries.System.File.Buffer,
+    Libraries.System.File.Meta,
     Libraries.System.Directory.Tree,
 
     Libraries.Text.Bounded,
diff --git a/libs/base/System/File/Meta.idr b/libs/base/System/File/Meta.idr
index a9578bc6b5..063f63fe4d 100644
--- a/libs/base/System/File/Meta.idr
+++ b/libs/base/System/File/Meta.idr
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 ||| Functions for accessing file metadata.
 module System.File.Meta
 
+import Data.String
+
+import System.FFI
+
 import System.File.Handle
 import System.File.Support
 import public System.File.Types
 
 %default total
 
+||| Pointer to a structure holding File's time attributes
+FileTimePtr : Type
+FileTimePtr = AnyPtr
+
 %foreign supportC "idris2_fileSize"
          "node:lambda:fp=>require('fs').fstatSync(fp.fd).size"
 prim__fileSize : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
@@ -14,15 +22,33 @@ prim__fileSize : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
 %foreign supportC "idris2_fileSize"
 prim__fPoll : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
 
-%foreign supportC "idris2_fileAccessTime"
-prim__fileAccessTime : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
+%foreign supportC "idris2_fileTime"
+         "node:support:filetime,support_system_file"
+prim__fileTime : FilePtr -> PrimIO FileTimePtr
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeAccessTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.atime_sec"
+prim__filetimeAccessTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeAccessTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.atime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeAccessTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.mtime_sec"
+prim__filetimeModifiedTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
 
-%foreign supportC "idris2_fileModifiedTime"
-         "node:lambda:fp=>require('fs').fstatSync(fp.fd).mtimeMs / 1000"
-prim__fileModifiedTime : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.mtime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeModifiedTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
 
-%foreign supportC "idris2_fileStatusTime"
-prim__fileStatusTime : FilePtr -> PrimIO Int
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeStatusTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.ctime_sec"
+prim__filetimeStatusTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeStatusTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.ctime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeStatusTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
 
 %foreign supportC "idris2_fileIsTTY"
          "node:lambda:fp=>Number(require('tty').isatty(fp.fd))"
@@ -43,32 +69,70 @@ firstExists : HasIO io => List String -> io (Maybe String)
 firstExists [] = pure Nothing
 firstExists (x :: xs) = if !(exists x) then pure (Just x) else firstExists xs
 
+||| Record that holds timestamps with nanosecond precision
+public export
+record Timestamp where
+  constructor MkTimestamp
+  sec  : Int
+  nsec : Int
+
+export
+Eq Timestamp where
+  t == t' = (t.sec == t'.sec) && (t.nsec == t'.nsec)
+
+export
+Ord Timestamp where
+  t < t' = (t.sec < t'.sec) || (t.sec == t'.sec && t.nsec < t'.nsec)
+
+export
+Show Timestamp where
+  show t = "\{show t.sec}.\{padLeft 9 '0' $ show t.nsec}"
+
+||| Record that holds file's time attributes
+public export
+record FileTime where
+  constructor MkFileTime
+  atime : Timestamp
+  mtime : Timestamp
+  ctime : Timestamp
+
+||| Get File's time attributes
+export
+fileTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError FileTime)
+fileTime (FHandle f)
+    = do res <- primIO (prim__fileTime f)
+         ft <- parseFileTime res
+         free res
+         if ft.atime.sec > 0
+            then ok ft
+            else returnError
+    where
+      parseFileTime : FileTimePtr -> io FileTime
+      parseFileTime ft = pure $ MkFileTime { atime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeAccessTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeAccessTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           , mtime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeModifiedTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeModifiedTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           , ctime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeStatusTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeStatusTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           }
+
 ||| Get the File's atime.
 export
 fileAccessTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
-fileAccessTime (FHandle f)
-    = do res <- primIO (prim__fileAccessTime f)
-         if res > 0
-            then ok res
-            else returnError
+fileAccessTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.atime.sec)) @{Compose}
 
 ||| Get the File's mtime.
 export
 fileModifiedTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
-fileModifiedTime (FHandle f)
-    = do res <- primIO (prim__fileModifiedTime f)
-         if res > 0
-            then ok res
-            else returnError
+fileModifiedTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.mtime.sec)) @{Compose}
 
 ||| Get the File's ctime.
 export
 fileStatusTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
-fileStatusTime (FHandle f)
-    = do res <- primIO (prim__fileStatusTime f)
-         if res > 0
-            then ok res
-            else returnError
+fileStatusTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.ctime.sec)) @{Compose}
 
 ||| Get the File's size.
 export
diff --git a/src/Core/Binary/Prims.idr b/src/Core/Binary/Prims.idr
index 1be07ed533..adb22d210b 100644
--- a/src/Core/Binary/Prims.idr
+++ b/src/Core/Binary/Prims.idr
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Data.String
 import Data.Vect
 
 import Libraries.Data.PosMap
+import public Libraries.System.File.Meta as L -- Remove after release 0.7.0
 import public Libraries.Utils.Binary
 import public Libraries.Utils.String
 
@@ -441,15 +442,15 @@ TTC Nat where
 
 ||| Get a file's modified time. If it doesn't exist, return 0 (UNIX Epoch)
 export
-modTime : String -> Core Int
+modTime : String -> Core L.Timestamp
 modTime fname
   = do Right f <- coreLift $ openFile fname Read
-         | Left err => pure 0 -- Beginning of Time :)
-       Right t <- coreLift $ fileModifiedTime f
+         | Left err => pure $ MkTimestamp 0 0 -- Beginning of Time :)
+       Right t <- coreLift $ L.fileTime f
          | Left err => do coreLift $ closeFile f
-                          pure 0
+                          pure $ MkTimestamp 0 0
        coreLift $ closeFile f
-       pure t
+       pure $ t.mtime
 
 export
 hashFileWith : Maybe String -> String -> Core (Maybe String)
diff --git a/src/Libraries/System/File/Meta.idr b/src/Libraries/System/File/Meta.idr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1fe07cdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Libraries/System/File/Meta.idr
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+module Libraries.System.File.Meta
+
+import Data.String
+
+import System.FFI
+
+import System.File.Handle
+import System.File.Support
+import public System.File.Types
+
+%default total
+
+||| Pointer to a structure holding File's time attributes
+FileTimePtr : Type
+FileTimePtr = AnyPtr
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_fileTime"
+         "node:support:filetime,support_system_file"
+prim__fileTime : FilePtr -> PrimIO FileTimePtr
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeAccessTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.atime_sec"
+prim__filetimeAccessTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeAccessTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.atime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeAccessTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.mtime_sec"
+prim__filetimeModifiedTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.mtime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeModifiedTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeStatusTimeSec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.ctime_sec"
+prim__filetimeStatusTimeSec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+%foreign supportC "idris2_filetimeStatusTimeNsec"
+         "node:lambda:ft=>ft.ctime_nsec"
+prim__filetimeStatusTimeNsec : FileTimePtr -> PrimIO Int
+
+||| Record that holds timestamps with nanosecond precision
+public export
+record Timestamp where
+  constructor MkTimestamp
+  sec  : Int
+  nsec : Int
+
+export
+Eq Timestamp where
+  t == t' = (t.sec == t'.sec) && (t.nsec == t'.nsec)
+
+export
+Ord Timestamp where
+  t < t' = (t.sec < t'.sec) || (t.sec == t'.sec && t.nsec < t'.nsec)
+
+export
+Show Timestamp where
+  show t = "\{show t.sec}.\{padLeft 9 '0' $ show t.nsec}"
+
+||| Record that holds file's time attributes
+public export
+record FileTime where
+  constructor MkFileTime
+  atime : Timestamp
+  mtime : Timestamp
+  ctime : Timestamp
+
+||| Get File's time attributes
+export
+fileTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError FileTime)
+fileTime (FHandle f)
+    = do res <- primIO (prim__fileTime f)
+         ft <- parseFileTime res
+         free res
+         if ft.atime.sec > 0
+            then ok ft
+            else returnError
+    where
+      parseFileTime : FileTimePtr -> io FileTime
+      parseFileTime ft = pure $ MkFileTime { atime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeAccessTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeAccessTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           , mtime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeModifiedTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeModifiedTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           , ctime = MkTimestamp { sec  = !(primIO (prim__filetimeStatusTimeSec ft))
+                                                                 , nsec = !(primIO (prim__filetimeStatusTimeNsec ft))
+                                                                 }
+                                           }
+
+||| Get the File's atime.
+export
+fileAccessTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
+fileAccessTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.atime.sec)) @{Compose}
+
+||| Get the File's mtime.
+export
+fileModifiedTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
+fileModifiedTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.mtime.sec)) @{Compose}
+
+||| Get the File's ctime.
+export
+fileStatusTime : HasIO io => (h : File) -> io (Either FileError Int)
+fileStatusTime h = (fileTime h <&> (.ctime.sec)) @{Compose}
+
+
diff --git a/support/c/idris_file.c b/support/c/idris_file.c
index 7fe3ef6812..5817f619e7 100644
--- a/support/c/idris_file.c
+++ b/support/c/idris_file.c
@@ -177,15 +177,55 @@ size_t idris2_writeBufferData(FILE *h, const char *buffer, size_t loc,
 
 int idris2_eof(FILE *f) { return feof(f); }
 
-int idris2_fileAccessTime(FILE *f) {
+struct filetime {
+  int atime_sec;
+  int atime_nsec;
+  int mtime_sec;
+  int mtime_nsec;
+  int ctime_sec;
+  int ctime_nsec;
+};
+
+struct filetime *idris2_fileTime(FILE *f) {
+  struct filetime *ft = malloc(sizeof(*ft));
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  if (win32_getFileTime(f, &ft->atime_sec, &ft->atime_nsec, &ft->mtime_sec,
+                        &ft->mtime_nsec, &ft->ctime_sec, &ft->ctime_nsec)) {
+    ft->atime_sec = -1;
+    return ft;
+  }
+
+  return ft;
+#else
   int fd = idris2_getFileNo(f);
 
   struct stat buf;
-  if (fstat(fd, &buf) == 0) {
-    return buf.st_atime;
-  } else {
-    return -1;
+  if (fstat(fd, &buf)) {
+    ft->atime_sec = -1;
+    return ft;
   }
+
+  ft->atime_sec = buf.st_atime;
+  ft->mtime_sec = buf.st_mtime;
+  ft->ctime_sec = buf.st_ctime;
+
+#if defined(__MACH__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+  ft->atime_nsec = buf.st_atimespec.tv_nsec;
+  ft->mtime_nsec = buf.st_mtimespec.tv_nsec;
+  ft->ctime_nsec = buf.st_ctimespec.tv_nsec;
+#elif (_POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
+  ft->atime_nsec = buf.st_atim.tv_nsec;
+  ft->mtime_nsec = buf.st_mtim.tv_nsec;
+  ft->ctime_nsec = buf.st_ctim.tv_nsec;
+#else
+  ft->atime_nsec = 0;
+  ft->mtime_nsec = 0;
+  ft->ctime_nsec = 0;
+#endif
+
+  return ft;
+#endif
 }
 
 int idris2_fileModifiedTime(FILE *f) {
@@ -199,15 +239,24 @@ int idris2_fileModifiedTime(FILE *f) {
   }
 }
 
-int idris2_fileStatusTime(FILE *f) {
-  int fd = idris2_getFileNo(f);
+int idris2_filetimeAccessTimeSec(struct filetime *ft) { return ft->atime_sec; }
 
-  struct stat buf;
-  if (fstat(fd, &buf) == 0) {
-    return buf.st_ctime;
-  } else {
-    return -1;
-  }
+int idris2_filetimeAccessTimeNsec(struct filetime *ft) {
+  return ft->atime_nsec;
+}
+
+int idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeSec(struct filetime *ft) {
+  return ft->mtime_sec;
+}
+
+int idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeNsec(struct filetime *ft) {
+  return ft->mtime_nsec;
+}
+
+int idris2_filetimeStatusTimeSec(struct filetime *ft) { return ft->ctime_sec; }
+
+int idris2_filetimeStatusTimeNsec(struct filetime *ft) {
+  return ft->ctime_nsec;
 }
 
 int idris2_fileIsTTY(FILE *f) {
diff --git a/support/c/idris_file.h b/support/c/idris_file.h
index e3b1eed17a..2e9e4d70fd 100644
--- a/support/c/idris_file.h
+++ b/support/c/idris_file.h
@@ -39,10 +39,18 @@ size_t idris2_writeBufferData(FILE *h, const char *buffer, size_t loc,
                               size_t len);
 
 int idris2_eof(FILE *f);
-int idris2_fileAccessTime(FILE *f);
+
+struct filetime;
+
+struct filetime *idris2_fileTime(FILE *f);
 int idris2_fileModifiedTime(FILE *f);
-int idris2_fileStatusTime(FILE *f);
-int idris2_fileIsTTY(FILE *f);
+
+int idris2_filetimeAccessTimeSec(struct filetime *f);
+int idris2_filetimeAccessTimeNsec(struct filetime *f);
+int idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeSec(struct filetime *f);
+int idris2_filetimeModifiedTimeNsec(struct filetime *f);
+int idris2_filetimeStatusTimeSec(struct filetime *f);
+int idris2_filetimeStatusTimeNsec(struct filetime *f);
 
 FILE *idris2_stdin();
 FILE *idris2_stdout();
diff --git a/support/c/windows/win_utils.c b/support/c/windows/win_utils.c
index ceffc8e30e..d5e9ad85df 100644
--- a/support/c/windows/win_utils.c
+++ b/support/c/windows/win_utils.c
@@ -165,4 +165,41 @@ long win32_getNProcessors() {
 
 int win32_getFileNo(FILE *f) { return _fileno(f); }
 
+int win32_getFileTime(FILE *f, int *atime_sec, int *atime_nsec, int *mtime_sec,
+                      int *mtime_nsec, int *ctime_sec, int *ctime_nsec) {
+  HANDLE wh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(_fileno(f));
+  if (wh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  FILETIME atime, mtime, ctime;
+
+  if (GetFileTime(wh, &ctime, &atime, &mtime)) {
+    ULARGE_INTEGER at, mt, ct;
+
+    at.HighPart = atime.dwHighDateTime;
+    at.LowPart = atime.dwLowDateTime;
+    mt.HighPart = mtime.dwHighDateTime;
+    mt.LowPart = mtime.dwLowDateTime;
+    ct.HighPart = ctime.dwHighDateTime;
+    ct.LowPart = ctime.dwLowDateTime;
+
+    *atime_sec = at.QuadPart / 10000000;
+    *atime_sec -= 11644473600;
+    *atime_nsec = (at.QuadPart % 10000000) * 100;
+
+    *mtime_sec = mt.QuadPart / 10000000;
+    *mtime_sec -= 11644473600;
+    *mtime_nsec = (mt.QuadPart % 10000000) * 100;
+
+    *ctime_sec = ct.QuadPart / 10000000;
+    *ctime_sec -= 11644473600;
+    *ctime_nsec = (ct.QuadPart % 10000000) * 100;
+
+    return 0;
+  } else {
+    return -1;
+  }
+}
+
 int win32_isTTY(int fd) { return _isatty(fd); }
diff --git a/support/c/windows/win_utils.h b/support/c/windows/win_utils.h
index c84066f3b4..b2074e1624 100644
--- a/support/c/windows/win_utils.h
+++ b/support/c/windows/win_utils.h
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ int win32_getPID();
 long win32_getNProcessors();
 
 int win32_getFileNo(FILE *);
+int win32_getFileTime(FILE *f, int *atime_sec, int *atime_nsec, int *mtime_sec,
+                      int *mtime_nsec, int *ctime_sec, int *ctime_nsec);
 int win32_isTTY(int fd);
diff --git a/support/js/support_system_file.js b/support/js/support_system_file.js
index 9118cb4413..0436959667 100644
--- a/support/js/support_system_file.js
+++ b/support/js/support_system_file.js
@@ -167,3 +167,17 @@ function support_system_file_pclose (file_ptr) {
   support_system_file_removeFile(name)
   return exit_code
 }
+
+function support_system_file_filetime(file_ptr) {
+  const {fd, name, exit_code} = file_ptr
+  const st = support_system_file_fs.fstatSync(fd)
+  const ft = {
+    atime_sec : _truncInt32(Math.trunc(st.atimeMs / 1000)),
+    atime_nsec : st.atimeMs * 1000000 % 1000000000,
+    mtime_sec : _truncInt32(Math.trunc(st.mtimeMs / 1000)),
+    mtime_nsec : st.mtimeMs * 1000000 % 1000000000,
+    ctime_sec : _truncInt32(Math.trunc(st.ctimeMs / 1000)),
+    ctime_nsec : st.mtimeMs * 1000000 % 1000000000
+  };
+  return ft
+}
diff --git a/tests/Main.idr b/tests/Main.idr
index 078ca1a0ef..10fa4f05ab 100644
--- a/tests/Main.idr
+++ b/tests/Main.idr
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ idrisTestsBasic = MkTestPool "Fundamental language features" [] Nothing
        "basic056", "basic057", "basic058", "basic059", "basic060",
        "basic061", "basic062", "basic063", "basic064", "basic065",
        "basic066", "basic067", "basic068", "basic069", "basic070",
+       "basic071",
        "idiom001",
        "literals001",
        "dotted001",
diff --git a/tests/idris2/basic071/A.idr b/tests/idris2/basic071/A.idr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e84a04337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/idris2/basic071/A.idr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module A
+
+export
+x : Nat
+x = 5
diff --git a/tests/idris2/basic071/B.idr b/tests/idris2/basic071/B.idr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61b75f7109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/idris2/basic071/B.idr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module B
+
+import A
+
+y : Nat
+y = x
diff --git a/tests/idris2/basic071/expected b/tests/idris2/basic071/expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42c8107f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/idris2/basic071/expected
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+1/2: Building A (A.idr)
+2/2: Building B (B.idr)
+-- this should be the last line of output --
diff --git a/tests/idris2/basic071/run b/tests/idris2/basic071/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d2f5648f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/idris2/basic071/run
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+rm -rf build
+$1 --no-color --console-width 0 --no-banner --check B.idr
+
+# Set very close time for A and B TTC files
+touch A.idr
+sync A.idr
+touch B.idr
+sync B.idr
+touch build/ttc/*/A.tt*
+sync build/ttc/*/A.tt*
+touch build/ttc/*/B.tt*
+sync build/ttc/*/B.tt*
+
+echo "-- this should be the last line of output --"
+
+$1 --no-color --console-width 0 --no-banner --check B.idr