diff --git a/TESTS/mbed_hal/rtc/main.cpp b/TESTS/mbed_hal/rtc/main.cpp
index 304e89e..04b4ea7 100644
--- a/TESTS/mbed_hal/rtc/main.cpp
+++ b/TESTS/mbed_hal/rtc/main.cpp
@@ -25,23 +25,20 @@
 #include "rtc_test.h"
 
 #include "mbed.h"
+#include "drivers/RealTimeClock.h"
 #include "rtc_api.h"
 
 using namespace utest::v1;
+using namespace std::chrono;
 
-static const uint32_t WAIT_TIME = 4;
-static const uint32_t WAIT_TOLERANCE = 1;
-
-#define US_PER_SEC 1000000
-#define ACCURACY_FACTOR 10
-
-static const uint32_t DELAY_4S = 4;
-static const uint32_t DELAY_10S = 10;
-static const uint32_t RTC_TOLERANCE = 1;
-static const uint32_t TOLERANCE_ACCURACY_US = (DELAY_10S *US_PER_SEC / ACCURACY_FACTOR);
+static constexpr auto WAIT_TIME = 4s;
+static constexpr auto WAIT_TOLERANCE = 1s;
 
 #if DEVICE_LPTICKER
-volatile bool expired;
+mstd::atomic_bool expired;
+
+#define TEST_ASSERT_DURATION_WITHIN(delta, expected, actual) \
+    TEST_ASSERT_INT64_WITHIN(microseconds(delta).count(), microseconds(expected).count(), microseconds(actual).count())
 
 void set_flag_true(void)
 {
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@
 void rtc_sleep_test_support(bool deepsleep_mode)
 {
     LowPowerTimeout timeout;
-    const uint32_t start = 100;
+    const auto start = RealTimeClock::time_point(100s);
     expired = false;
 
     /*
@@ -63,17 +60,17 @@
      * hardware buffers are empty. However, such an API does not exist now,
      * so we'll use the ThisThread::sleep_for() function for now.
      */
-    ThisThread::sleep_for(10);
+    ThisThread::sleep_for(10ms);
 
-    rtc_init();
+    RealTimeClock::init();
 
     if (deepsleep_mode == false) {
         sleep_manager_lock_deep_sleep();
     }
 
-    rtc_write(start);
+    RealTimeClock::write(start);
 
-    timeout.attach(set_flag_true, DELAY_4S);
+    timeout.attach(set_flag_true, 4s);
 
     TEST_ASSERT(sleep_manager_can_deep_sleep_test_check() == deepsleep_mode);
 
@@ -81,9 +78,9 @@
         sleep();
     }
 
-    const uint32_t stop = rtc_read();
+    const auto stop = RealTimeClock::now();
 
-    TEST_ASSERT_UINT32_WITHIN(RTC_TOLERANCE, DELAY_4S, stop - start);
+    TEST_ASSERT_DURATION_WITHIN(1s, 4s, stop - start);
 
     timeout.detach();
 
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@
         sleep_manager_unlock_deep_sleep();
     }
 
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -99,10 +96,10 @@
 void rtc_init_test()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-        rtc_init();
+        RealTimeClock::init();
     }
 
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 
 #if DEVICE_LPTICKER
@@ -121,58 +118,57 @@
 /* Test that the RTC keeps counting even after ::rtc_free has been called. */
 void rtc_persist_test()
 {
-    const uint32_t start = 100;
-    rtc_init();
-    rtc_write(start);
-    rtc_free();
+    const auto start = RealTimeClock::time_point(100s);
+    RealTimeClock::init();
+    RealTimeClock::write(start);
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 
-    ThisThread::sleep_for(WAIT_TIME * 1000);
+    ThisThread::sleep_for(WAIT_TIME);
 
-    rtc_init();
-    const uint32_t stop = rtc_read();
-    const int enabled = rtc_isenabled();
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::init();
+    const auto stop = RealTimeClock::now();
+    const bool enabled = RealTimeClock::isenabled();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 
     TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(enabled);
-    TEST_ASSERT_UINT32_WITHIN(WAIT_TOLERANCE, WAIT_TIME, stop - start);
+    TEST_ASSERT_DURATION_WITHIN(WAIT_TOLERANCE, WAIT_TIME, stop - start);
 }
 
 /* Test time does not glitch backwards due to an incorrectly implemented ripple counter driver. */
 void rtc_glitch_test()
 {
-    const uint32_t start = 0xffffe;
-    rtc_init();
+    const auto start = RealTimeClock::time_point(0xffffes);
+    RealTimeClock::init();
 
-    rtc_write(start);
-    uint32_t last = start;
-    while (last < start + 4) {
-        const uint32_t cur = rtc_read();
+    RealTimeClock::write(start);
+    auto last = start;
+    while (last < start + 4s) {
+        const auto cur = RealTimeClock::now();
         TEST_ASSERT(cur >= last);
         last = cur;
     }
 
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 
 /* Test that the RTC correctly handles different time values. */
 void rtc_range_test()
 {
-    static const uint32_t starts[] = {
-        0x00000000,
-        0xEFFFFFFF,
-        0x00001000,
-        0x00010000,
+    static const RealTimeClock::time_point starts[] {
+        0x00000000s,
+        0xEFFFFFFFs,
+        0x00001000s,
+        0x00010000s,
     };
 
-    rtc_init();
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < sizeof(starts) / sizeof(starts[0]); i++) {
-        const uint32_t start = starts[i];
-        rtc_write(start);
-        ThisThread::sleep_for(WAIT_TIME * 1000);
-        const uint32_t stop = rtc_read();
-        TEST_ASSERT_UINT32_WITHIN(WAIT_TOLERANCE, WAIT_TIME, stop - start);
+    RealTimeClock::init();
+    for (const auto &start : starts) {
+        RealTimeClock::write(start);
+        ThisThread::sleep_for(WAIT_TIME);
+        const auto stop = RealTimeClock::now();
+        TEST_ASSERT_DURATION_WITHIN(WAIT_TOLERANCE, WAIT_TIME, stop - start);
     }
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 
 /* Test that the RTC accuracy is at least 10%. */
@@ -180,44 +176,40 @@
 {
     Timer timer1;
 
-    const uint32_t start = 100;
-    rtc_init();
-    rtc_write(start);
+    const auto start = RealTimeClock::time_point(100s);
+    RealTimeClock::init();
+    RealTimeClock::write(start);
 
     timer1.start();
-    while (rtc_read() < (start + DELAY_10S)) {
+    while (RealTimeClock::now() < (start + 10s)) {
         /* Just wait. */
     }
     timer1.stop();
 
     /* RTC accuracy is at least 10%. */
-    TEST_ASSERT_INT32_WITHIN(TOLERANCE_ACCURACY_US, DELAY_10S * US_PER_SEC, timer1.read_us());
+    TEST_ASSERT_DURATION_WITHIN(1s, 10s, timer1.read_duration());
 }
 
 /* Test that ::rtc_write/::rtc_read functions provides availability to set/get RTC time. */
 void rtc_write_read_test()
 {
-    static const uint32_t rtc_init_val = 100;
+    RealTimeClock::init();
 
-    rtc_init();
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-        const uint32_t init_val = (rtc_init_val + i * rtc_init_val);
-
+    for (auto init_val = RealTimeClock::time_point(100s); init_val < RealTimeClock::time_point(400s); init_val += 100s) {
         core_util_critical_section_enter();
 
-        rtc_write(init_val);
-        const uint32_t read_val = rtc_read();
+        RealTimeClock::write(init_val);
+        const auto read_val = RealTimeClock::now();
 
         core_util_critical_section_exit();
 
         /* No tolerance is provided since we should have 1 second to
          * execute this case after the RTC time is set.
          */
-        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_UINT32(init_val, read_val);
+        TEST_ASSERT(init_val == read_val);
     }
 
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 
 /* Test that ::is_enabled function returns 1 if the RTC is counting and the time has been set. */
@@ -228,10 +220,10 @@
      * and RTC time is set.
      */
 
-    rtc_init();
-    rtc_write(0);
-    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, rtc_isenabled());
-    rtc_free();
+    RealTimeClock::init();
+    RealTimeClock::write(RealTimeClock::time_point(0));
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE(RealTimeClock::isenabled());
+    RealTimeClock::free();
 }
 
 Case cases[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/RealTimeClock.h b/drivers/RealTimeClock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbd61b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/RealTimeClock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/* mbed Microcontroller Library
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2019 ARM Limited
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef MBED_REALTIMECLOCK_H
+#define MBED_REALTIMECLOCK_H
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include "hal/rtc_api.h"
+
+namespace mbed {
+/**
+ * \defgroup drivers_RealTimeClock RealTimeClock class
+ * \ingroup drivers-public-api-ticker
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of a C++11 Clock representing the HAL real-time clock.
+ *
+ * This is intended to be usable as a substitute for @c std::chrono::system_clock,
+ * but is provided as a separate class, due to inconsistencies in retargetting
+ * support between toolchains.
+ *
+ * This is only a thin wrapper around the HAL RTC API, and as such it requires the
+ * same use of initialization.
+ *
+ */
+class RealTimeClock {
+public:
+    using duration = std::chrono::seconds;
+    using rep = duration::rep;
+    using period = duration::period;
+    using time_point = std::chrono::time_point<RealTimeClock>;
+    static const bool is_steady = false;
+
+    /** Initialize the RTC peripheral
+     *
+     * Power up the RTC in preparation for access. This function must be called
+     * before any other RealTimeClock methods are called. This does not change the state
+     * of the RTC. It just enables access to it.
+     *
+     * @see ::rtc_init
+     */
+    static void init()
+    {
+        return rtc_init();
+    }
+
+    /** Deinitialize RTC
+     *
+     * Powerdown the RTC in preparation for sleep, powerdown or reset. That should only
+     * affect the CPU domain and not the time keeping logic.
+     * After this function is called no other RealTimeClock methods should be called
+     * except for RealTimeClock::init.
+     *
+     * @see ::rtc_free
+     */
+    static void free()
+    {
+        return rtc_free();
+    }
+
+    /** Check if the RTC has the time set and is counting
+     *
+     * @retval false The time reported by the RTC is not valid
+     * @retval true  The time has been set and the RTC is counting
+     *
+     * @see ::rtc_isenabled
+     */
+    static bool isenabled() noexcept
+    {
+        return bool(rtc_isenabled());
+    }
+
+    /** Get the current time from the RTC peripheral
+     *
+     * @return The current time in seconds
+     *
+     * @see ::rtc_read
+     */
+    static time_point now() noexcept
+    {
+        return from_time_t(rtc_read());
+    }
+
+    /** Write the current time in seconds to the RTC peripheral
+     *
+     * @param t The current time to be set in seconds.
+     *
+     * @see ::rtc_write
+     */
+    static void write(time_point t) noexcept
+    {
+        rtc_write(to_time_t(t));
+    }
+
+    /** Convert a C time_t to C++ Chrono time_point
+     *
+     * @param t a @c time_t object
+     * @return a RealTimeClock::time_point object that represents the same point in time as @p t.
+     */
+    static time_point from_time_t(time_t t) noexcept
+    {
+        return time_point{std::chrono::duration_cast<duration>(std::chrono::duration<time_t>{t})};
+    }
+
+    /** Convert a C++ Chrono time_point to a C time_t
+     *
+     * @param t a RealTimeClock::time_point object
+     * @return a @c time_t object that represents the same point in time as @p t.
+     */
+    static time_t to_time_t(const time_point &t) noexcept
+    {
+        return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<time_t>>(t.time_since_epoch()).count();
+    }
+
+    /** Lock the clock to ensure it stays running; dummy for API compatibility with HighResClock */
+    static void lock()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /** Unlock the clock, allowing it to stop during power saving; dummy for API compatibility with HighResClock */
+    static void unlock()
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+/** @}*/
+
+}
+#endif /* MBED_TICKERCLOCK_H */
diff --git a/mbed.h b/mbed.h
index 641e9e2..18bf096 100644
--- a/mbed.h
+++ b/mbed.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 #include "drivers/LowPowerTimeout.h"
 #include "drivers/LowPowerTicker.h"
 #include "drivers/LowPowerTimer.h"
+#include "drivers/RealTimeClock.h"
 #include "platform/LocalFileSystem.h"
 #include "drivers/InterruptIn.h"
 #include "platform/mbed_wait_api.h"