diff --git a/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator_test.go b/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator_test.go
index b6b2d3723..d2b3c70ad 100644
--- a/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/configs/validate/validator_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -201,6 +202,40 @@ func TestValidateUsernamespaceWithoutUserNS(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidateTimeNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/proc/self/ns/time"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Skip("Test requires timens.")
+	}
+	config := &configs.Config{
+		Rootfs: "/var",
+		Namespaces: configs.Namespaces(
+			[]configs.Namespace{
+				{Type: configs.NEWTIME},
+			},
+		),
+	}
+
+	err := Validate(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected error to not occur %+v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidateTimeOffsetsWithoutTimeNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	config := &configs.Config{
+		Rootfs: "/var",
+		TimeOffsets: map[string]specs.LinuxTimeOffset{
+			"boottime":  {Secs: 150, Nanosecs: 314159},
+			"monotonic": {Secs: 512, Nanosecs: 271818},
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := Validate(config)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected error to occur but it was nil")
+	}
+}
+
 // TestConvertSysctlVariableToDotsSeparator tests whether the sysctl variable
 // can be correctly converted to a dot as a separator.
 func TestConvertSysctlVariableToDotsSeparator(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers.bash b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
index e1ce42144..65912951d 100755
--- a/tests/integration/helpers.bash
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
@@ -429,6 +429,11 @@ function requires() {
 				skip_me=1
 			fi
 			;;
+		timens)
+			if [ ! -e "/proc/self/ns/time" ]; then
+				skip_me=1
+			fi
+			;;
 		cgroups_v1)
 			init_cgroup_paths
 			if [ ! -v CGROUP_V1 ]; then
diff --git a/tests/integration/timens.bats b/tests/integration/timens.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0d21d551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/timens.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load helpers
+
+function setup() {
+	setup_busybox
+}
+
+function teardown() {
+	teardown_bundle
+}
+
+@test "runc run [timens offsets with no timens]" {
+	requires timens
+
+	update_config '.process.args = ["cat", "/proc/self/timens_offsets"]'
+	update_config '.linux.namespaces = .linux.namespace | map(select(.type != "time"))'
+	update_config '.linux.timeOffsets = {
+			"monotonic": { "secs": 7881, "nanosecs": 2718281 },
+			"boottime": { "secs": 1337, "nanosecs": 3141519 }
+		}'
+
+	runc run test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "runc run [timens with no offsets]" {
+	requires timens
+
+	update_config '.process.args = ["cat", "/proc/self/timens_offsets"]'
+	update_config '.linux.namespaces += [{"type": "time"}]
+		| .linux.timeOffsets = null'
+
+	runc run test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	# Default offsets are 0.
+	grep -E '^monotonic\s+0\s+0$' <<<"$output"
+	grep -E '^boottime\s+0\s+0$' <<<"$output"
+}
+
+@test "runc run [simple timens]" {
+	requires timens
+
+	update_config '.process.args = ["cat", "/proc/self/timens_offsets"]'
+	update_config '.linux.namespaces += [{"type": "time"}]
+		| .linux.timeOffsets = {
+			"monotonic": { "secs": 7881, "nanosecs": 2718281 },
+			"boottime": { "secs": 1337, "nanosecs": 3141519 }
+		}'
+
+	runc run test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	grep -E '^monotonic\s+7881\s+2718281$' <<<"$output"
+	grep -E '^boottime\s+1337\s+3141519$' <<<"$output"
+}