diff --git a/op-node/rollup/derive/engine_controller.go b/op-node/rollup/derive/engine_controller.go
index 5a463082862ab..a77ee8a3876c7 100644
--- a/op-node/rollup/derive/engine_controller.go
+++ b/op-node/rollup/derive/engine_controller.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup/async"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-node/rollup/sync"
+	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/clock"
 	"github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/op-service/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ type EngineController struct {
 	syncStatus syncStatusEnum
 	rollupCfg  *rollup.Config
 	elStart    time.Time
+	clock      clock.Clock
 
 	// Block Head State
 	unsafeHead      eth.L2BlockRef
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ func NewEngineController(engine ExecEngine, log log.Logger, metrics Metrics, rol
 		rollupCfg:  rollupCfg,
 		syncMode:   syncMode,
 		syncStatus: syncStatus,
+		clock:      clock.SystemClock,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ func (e *EngineController) InsertUnsafePayload(ctx context.Context, envelope *et
 		if errors.Is(err, ethereum.NotFound) {
 			e.syncStatus = syncStatusStartedEL
 			e.log.Info("Starting EL sync")
-			e.elStart = time.Now()
+			e.elStart = e.clock.Now()
 		} else if err == nil {
 			e.syncStatus = syncStatusFinishedEL
 			e.log.Info("Skipping EL sync and going straight to CL sync because there is a finalized block", "id", b.ID())
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ func (e *EngineController) InsertUnsafePayload(ctx context.Context, envelope *et
 	e.needFCUCall = false
 
 	if e.syncStatus == syncStatusFinishedELButNotFinalized {
-		e.log.Info("Finished EL sync", "sync_duration", time.Since(e.elStart))
+		e.log.Info("Finished EL sync", "sync_duration", e.clock.Since(e.elStart))
 		e.syncStatus = syncStatusFinishedEL
 	}
 
diff --git a/op-service/clock/clock.go b/op-service/clock/clock.go
index 834d2984c911b..d38eaa2569089 100644
--- a/op-service/clock/clock.go
+++ b/op-service/clock/clock.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ type Clock interface {
 	// Now provides the current local time. Equivalent to time.Now
 	Now() time.Time
 
+	// Since returns the time elapsed since t. It is shorthand for time.Now().Sub(t).
+	Since(time.Time) time.Duration
+
 	// After waits for the duration to elapse and then sends the current time on the returned channel.
 	// It is equivalent to time.After
 	After(d time.Duration) <-chan time.Time
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ func (s systemClock) Now() time.Time {
 	return time.Now()
 }
 
+func (s systemClock) Since(t time.Time) time.Duration {
+	return time.Since(t)
+}
+
 func (s systemClock) After(d time.Duration) <-chan time.Time {
 	return time.After(d)
 }
diff --git a/op-service/clock/deterministic.go b/op-service/clock/deterministic.go
index 8d28fb9173409..ce11773232ce2 100644
--- a/op-service/clock/deterministic.go
+++ b/op-service/clock/deterministic.go
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ func (s *DeterministicClock) Now() time.Time {
 	return s.now
 }
 
+func (s *DeterministicClock) Since(t time.Time) time.Duration {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+	return s.now.Sub(t)
+}
+
 func (s *DeterministicClock) After(d time.Duration) <-chan time.Time {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()