diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2eb6942eb2a..7e8fb2ff750 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ add_library(local_install INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(local_install INTERFACE ${TILEDB_LOCALINSTALL_INCLUDE})
 target_include_directories(local_install INTERFACE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
+##################
+# Add Rust Library
+##################
+
+add_subdirectory("rust")
+
 ############################################################
 # Enable testing and add subdirectories
 ############################################################
diff --git a/rust/CMakeLists.txt b/rust/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7574e8cc98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    set(CARGO_CMD cargo build -p tiledb-rust-api)
+    set(TARGET_DIR "debug")
+else ()
+    set(CARGO_CMD cargo build --release -p tiledb-rust-api)
+    set(TARGET_DIR "release")
+endif ()
+
+set(TILEDB_RUST_API_H "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tiledb_rust_api.h")
+set(TILEDB_RUST_API_CXX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tiledb_rust_api.cpp")
+set(TILEDB_RUST_API_LIB "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET_DIR}/libtiledb_rust_api.a")
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${TILEDB_RUST_API_H} ${TILEDB_RUST_API_CXX}
+    COMMAND MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} CARGO_TARGET_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} RUSTFLAGS="${RUST_FLAGS}" ${CARGO_CMD}
+    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cxxbridge/tiledb-rust-api/src/lib.rs.h  ${TILEDB_RUST_API_H}
+    COMMAND cp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cxxbridge/tiledb-rust-api/src/lib.rs.cc ${TILEDB_RUST_API_CXX}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
+
+add_custom_target(tiledb_rust_generated
+    DEPENDS
+        ${TILEDB_RUST_API_H}
+        ${TILEDB_RUST_API_CXX}
+)
+
+add_library(tiledb_rust_bridge STATIC ${TILEDB_RUST_API_CXX})
+add_dependencies(tiledb_rust_bridge tiledb_rust_generated)
+target_include_directories(tiledb_rust_bridge PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..")
+target_link_libraries(tiledb_rust_bridge pthread dl ${TILEDB_RUST_API_LIB})
+
+add_test(
+    NAME tiledb_rust
+    COMMAND CARGO_TARGET_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} cargo test
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+)
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee674ae7d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[workspace]
+resolver = "2"
+members = [
+  "crates/api",
+  "crates/utils",
+]
+
+[workspace.package]
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.80"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+cxx = "1.0"
+cxx-build = "1.0"
+
+tiledb-utils.path = "crates/utils"
diff --git a/rust/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/rust/crates/api/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa2ffd0cd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "tiledb-rust-api"
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+cxx.workspace = true
+tiledb-utils.workspace = true
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cxx-build.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["staticlib"]
diff --git a/rust/crates/api/build.rs b/rust/crates/api/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b1aa53b5fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/api/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+    let _ = cxx_build::bridge("src/lib.rs");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/lib.rs");
+}
diff --git a/rust/crates/api/src/lib.rs b/rust/crates/api/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ea8da431e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+#[cxx::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+    #[namespace = "tiledb::rust"]
+    extern "Rust" {
+        fn timestamp_now_ms() -> u64;
+    }
+}
+
+
+pub fn timestamp_now_ms() -> u64 {
+    tiledb_utils::timestamp_now_ms()
+}
diff --git a/rust/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/rust/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a69d586cee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "tiledb-utils"
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+version.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/crates/utils/src/lib.rs b/rust/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b1bc7d783b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/crates/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+pub fn timestamp_now_ms() -> u64 {
+    match SystemTime::now().duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(time) => time.as_millis() as u64,
+        Err(_) => 0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt b/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ecaf58feae..e839d42f393 100644
--- a/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ target_include_directories(TILEDB_CORE_OBJECTS
     "${TILEDB_CORE_INCLUDE_DIR}"
     "${TILEDB_CORE_INCLUDE_DIR}/tiledb/sm/c_api"
     "${TILEDB_EXTERNALS_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-	# to pickup <build_dir>/tiledb for capnp gen'd files
+	  # To pickup <build_dir>/tiledb for capnp gen'd files
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.."
 )
 
diff --git a/tiledb/common/CMakeLists.txt b/tiledb/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 032e2030482..852b248d8b0 100644
--- a/tiledb/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tiledb/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ commence(object_library baseline)
     find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
     target_link_libraries(baseline PUBLIC spdlog::spdlog)
     target_link_libraries(baseline PUBLIC common)
+    target_link_libraries(baseline PUBLIC tiledb_rust_bridge)
 conclude(object_library)
 
 #
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/tiledb/sm/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index d6848f8f1a9..f4d5dad4e8c 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tiledb/sm/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ conclude(object_library)
 #
 commence(object_library time)
     this_target_sources(tdb_time.cc)
+    this_target_link_libraries(tiledb_rust_bridge)
 conclude(object_library)
 
 add_test_subdirectory()
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/misc/tdb_time.cc b/tiledb/sm/misc/tdb_time.cc
index e720a6509d3..8c6c61dbfda 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/misc/tdb_time.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/misc/tdb_time.cc
@@ -31,29 +31,12 @@
  * This file defines a timestamp function
  */
 
-#include "tdb_time.h"
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#else
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#endif
-#include <cstring>
+#include "rust/tiledb_rust_api.h"
 
 namespace tiledb::sm::utils::time {
 
 uint64_t timestamp_now_ms() {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  struct __timeb64 tb;
-  memset(&tb, 0, sizeof(tb));
-  _ftime64_s(&tb);
-  return static_cast<uint64_t>(tb.time * 1000L + tb.millitm);
-#else
-  struct timeval tp;
-  memset(&tp, 0, sizeof(struct timeval));
-  gettimeofday(&tp, nullptr);
-  return static_cast<uint64_t>(tp.tv_sec * 1000L + tp.tv_usec / 1000);
-#endif
+  return tiledb::rust::timestamp_now_ms();
 }
 
 }  // namespace tiledb::sm::utils::time