diff --git a/core/bind/core_bind.cpp b/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
index d4f61b7ffc1..954ebbc30cb 100644
--- a/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
+++ b/core/bind/core_bind.cpp
@@ -1732,6 +1732,11 @@ Variant _File::get_var() const {
 	return v;
 }
 
+uint64_t _File::get_modified_time(const String &p_file) const {
+
+	return FileAccess::get_modified_time(p_file);
+}
+
 void _File::_bind_methods() {
 
 
@@ -1780,6 +1785,7 @@ void _File::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(_MD("get_pascal_string"),&_File::get_pascal_string);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(_MD("file_exists","path"),&_File::file_exists);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(_MD("get_modified_time", "file"),&_File::get_modified_time);
 
 	BIND_CONSTANT( READ );
 	BIND_CONSTANT( WRITE );
diff --git a/core/bind/core_bind.h b/core/bind/core_bind.h
index f10714720fc..fe710704f27 100644
--- a/core/bind/core_bind.h
+++ b/core/bind/core_bind.h
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ public:
 
 	bool file_exists(const String& p_name) const; ///< return true if a file exists
 
+	uint64_t get_modified_time(const String& p_file) const;
+
 	_File();
 	virtual ~_File();