diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
index a735bc3fa14..385581ee65e 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.cpp
@@ -1302,6 +1302,12 @@ uint FilePath::hash(uint seed) const
     return qHash(m_data, seed);
 }
 
+QDateTime FilePath::lastModified() const
+{
+    QTC_CHECK(!needsDevice());
+    return toFileInfo().lastModified();
+}
+
 QTextStream &operator<<(QTextStream &s, const FilePath &fn)
 {
     return s << fn.toString();
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
index b2400c5bc2d..f319d1ac392 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fileutils.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public:
     bool isEmpty() const;
 
     uint hash(uint seed) const;
+    QDateTime lastModified() const;
 
     // NOTE: Most FilePath operations on FilePath created from URL currently
     // do not work. Among the working are .toVariant() and .toUrl().