diff --git a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
index 5e1ed8c7e5..be4c1282f5 100644
--- a/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
+++ b/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ node /org/freedesktop/systemd1 {
       @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
       readonly t UnitsLoadFinishTimestampMonotonic = ...;
       @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
+      readonly t UnitsLoadTimestamp = ...;
+      @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
+      readonly t UnitsLoadTimestampMonotonic = ...;
+      @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
       readonly t InitRDSecurityStartTimestamp = ...;
       @org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
       readonly t InitRDSecurityStartTimestampMonotonic = ...;
@@ -983,6 +987,10 @@ node /org/freedesktop/systemd1 {
 
     <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="UnitsLoadFinishTimestampMonotonic"/>
 
+    <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="UnitsLoadTimestamp"/>
+
+    <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="UnitsLoadTimestampMonotonic"/>
+
     <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="InitRDSecurityStartTimestamp"/>
 
     <variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="InitRDSecurityStartTimestampMonotonic"/>
@@ -1505,6 +1513,11 @@ node /org/freedesktop/systemd1 {
       boot loader or initrd implementation. In these cases the respective pairs of timestamps are both 0,
       indicating that no data is available.</para>
 
+      <para><varname>UnitsLoadTimestamp</varname> and <varname>UnitsLoadTimestampMonotonic</varname> encode
+      <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant> and <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> microseconds timestamps
+      (as described above). The timestamps are taken every time when the manager starts loading unit files.
+      </para>
+
       <para>Similarly, the <varname>SecurityStartTimestamp</varname>,
       <varname>GeneratorsStartTimestamp</varname> and <varname>LoadUnitTimestamp</varname> (as well as their
       monotonic and stop counterparts) expose performance data for uploading the security policies to the
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-manager.c b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
index 648728fdfb..9b64a8074d 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-manager.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-manager.c
@@ -2673,6 +2673,7 @@ const sd_bus_vtable bus_manager_vtable[] = {
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("GeneratorsFinishTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_GENERATORS_FINISH]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("UnitsLoadStartTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_START]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("UnitsLoadFinishTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_FINISH]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
+        BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("UnitsLoadTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("InitRDSecurityStartTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_START]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("InitRDSecurityFinishTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_FINISH]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         BUS_PROPERTY_DUAL_TIMESTAMP("InitRDGeneratorsStartTimestamp", offsetof(Manager, timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_GENERATORS_START]), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index 780b153913..c5c6e62868 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -1729,13 +1729,20 @@ static void manager_ready(Manager *m) {
         /* Let's finally catch up with any changes that took place while we were reloading/reexecing */
         manager_catchup(m);
 
+        /* Create a file which will indicate when the manager started loading units the last time. */
+        (void) touch_file("/run/systemd/systemd-units-load", false,
+                m->timestamps[MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD].realtime ?: now(CLOCK_REALTIME),
+                UID_INVALID, GID_INVALID, 0444);
+
         m->honor_device_enumeration = true;
 }
 
 Manager* manager_reloading_start(Manager *m) {
         m->n_reloading++;
+        dual_timestamp_get(m->timestamps + MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD);
         return m;
 }
+
 void manager_reloading_stopp(Manager **m) {
         if (*m) {
                 assert((*m)->n_reloading > 0);
@@ -4459,6 +4466,7 @@ static const char *const manager_timestamp_table[_MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_MAX] = {
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_GENERATORS_FINISH]        = "generators-finish",
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_START]         = "units-load-start",
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_FINISH]        = "units-load-finish",
+        [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD]               = "units-load",
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_START]    = "initrd-security-start",
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_FINISH]   = "initrd-security-finish",
         [MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_GENERATORS_START]  = "initrd-generators-start",
diff --git a/src/core/manager.h b/src/core/manager.h
index a6b27c3777..e445e4d751 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.h
+++ b/src/core/manager.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef enum ManagerTimestamp {
         MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_GENERATORS_FINISH,
         MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_START,
         MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD_FINISH,
+        MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_UNITS_LOAD,
 
         MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_START,
         MANAGER_TIMESTAMP_INITRD_SECURITY_FINISH,