diff --git a/boards/known/xmc4500-hexagon.lua b/boards/known/xmc4500-hexagon.lua
index 1f21b56c..2d8382ae 100644
--- a/boards/known/xmc4500-hexagon.lua
+++ b/boards/known/xmc4500-hexagon.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ return {
     sercon = { uart = 0, speed = 115200 },
     xmc45_pot = true,
     xmc45_dts = true,
+    xmc45_rtc = true,
     wofs = false,
     romfs = true,
     mmcfs = { spi = 0, cs_port = 0, cs_pin = 0 },
diff --git a/src/platform/xmc4000/build_config.lua b/src/platform/xmc4000/build_config.lua
index 5cb88deb..5f20c3c6 100644
--- a/src/platform/xmc4000/build_config.lua
+++ b/src/platform/xmc4000/build_config.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function add_platform_components( t, board, cpu )
   if board == 'XMC4500-HEXAGON' then
     t.xmc45_pot = { macro = 'ENABLE_POTENTIOMETER' }
     t.xmc45_dts = { macro = 'ENABLE_DTS' }
+    t.xmc45_rtc = { macro = 'ENABLE_RTC' }
   end
 end
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ function get_platform_modules( board, cpu )
   if board == 'XMC4500-HEXAGON' then
     m.pot = { guards = { 'ENABLE_POTENTIOMETER' }, lib = '"pot"', open = false }
     m.dts = { guards = { 'ENABLE_DTS' }, lib = '"dts"', open = false }
+    m.rtc = { guards = { 'ENABLE_RTC' }, lib = '"rtc"', open = false }
   end
   return m
 end
diff --git a/src/platform/xmc4000/conf.lua b/src/platform/xmc4000/conf.lua
index e7bf6e1e..57973b28 100755
--- a/src/platform/xmc4000/conf.lua
+++ b/src/platform/xmc4000/conf.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 -- Configuration file for the XMC4500 microcontroller
 
-specific_files = "platform.c startup_XMC4500.S system_XMC4500.c xmclib/src/xmc4_eru.c xmclib/src/xmc4_flash.c xmclib/src/xmc4_gpio.c xmclib/src/xmc4_rtc.c xmclib/src/xmc4_scu.c xmclib/src/xmc_can.c xmclib/src/xmc_ccu4.c xmclib/src/xmc_ccu8.c xmclib/src/xmc_common.c xmclib/src/xmc_dac.c xmclib/src/xmc_dma.c xmclib/src/xmc_dsd.c xmclib/src/xmc_ebu.c xmclib/src/xmc_ecat.c xmclib/src/xmc_eru.c xmclib/src/xmc_eth_mac.c xmclib/src/xmc_fce.c xmclib/src/xmc_gpio.c xmclib/src/xmc_hrpwm.c xmclib/src/xmc_i2c.c xmclib/src/xmc_i2s.c xmclib/src/xmc_ledts.c xmclib/src/xmc_posif.c xmclib/src/xmc_rtc.c xmclib/src/xmc_sdmmc.c xmclib/src/xmc_spi.c xmclib/src/xmc_uart.c xmclib/src/xmc_usbd.c xmclib/src/xmc_usic.c xmclib/src/xmc_vadc.c xmclib/src/xmc_wdt.c xmclib/gen/CLOCK_XMC4/clock_xmc4.c xmclib/gen/CLOCK_XMC4/clock_xmc4_conf.c xmclib/gen/UART/uart.c xmclib/gen/UART/uart_conf.c xmclib/gen/CPU_CTRL_XMC4/cpu_ctrl_xmc4.c xmclib/gen/CPU_CTRL_XMC4/cpu_ctrl_xmc4_conf.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/fatfs.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/fatfs_conf.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/sltha.c xmclib/gen/RTC/rtc.c xmclib/gen/RTC/rtc_conf.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block_private_sd.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block_conf.c xmclib/gen/SYSTIMER/systimer.c xmclib/gen/SYSTIMER/systimer_conf.c xmclib/gen/DAVE.c pot.c dts.c"
+specific_files = "platform.c startup_XMC4500.S system_XMC4500.c xmclib/src/xmc4_eru.c xmclib/src/xmc4_flash.c xmclib/src/xmc4_gpio.c xmclib/src/xmc4_rtc.c xmclib/src/xmc4_scu.c xmclib/src/xmc_can.c xmclib/src/xmc_ccu4.c xmclib/src/xmc_ccu8.c xmclib/src/xmc_common.c xmclib/src/xmc_dac.c xmclib/src/xmc_dma.c xmclib/src/xmc_dsd.c xmclib/src/xmc_ebu.c xmclib/src/xmc_ecat.c xmclib/src/xmc_eru.c xmclib/src/xmc_eth_mac.c xmclib/src/xmc_fce.c xmclib/src/xmc_gpio.c xmclib/src/xmc_hrpwm.c xmclib/src/xmc_i2c.c xmclib/src/xmc_i2s.c xmclib/src/xmc_ledts.c xmclib/src/xmc_posif.c xmclib/src/xmc_rtc.c xmclib/src/xmc_sdmmc.c xmclib/src/xmc_spi.c xmclib/src/xmc_uart.c xmclib/src/xmc_usbd.c xmclib/src/xmc_usic.c xmclib/src/xmc_vadc.c xmclib/src/xmc_wdt.c xmclib/gen/CLOCK_XMC4/clock_xmc4.c xmclib/gen/CLOCK_XMC4/clock_xmc4_conf.c xmclib/gen/UART/uart.c xmclib/gen/UART/uart_conf.c xmclib/gen/CPU_CTRL_XMC4/cpu_ctrl_xmc4.c xmclib/gen/CPU_CTRL_XMC4/cpu_ctrl_xmc4_conf.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/fatfs.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/fatfs_conf.c xmclib/gen/FATFS/sltha.c xmclib/gen/RTC/rtc.c xmclib/gen/RTC/rtc_conf.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block_private_sd.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block.c xmclib/gen/SDMMC_BLOCK/sdmmc_block_conf.c xmclib/gen/SYSTIMER/systimer.c xmclib/gen/SYSTIMER/systimer_conf.c xmclib/gen/DAVE.c pot.c dts.c rtc.c"
 
 local ldscript = ""
 local cpu = comp.cpu:upper()
diff --git a/src/platform/xmc4000/rtc.c b/src/platform/xmc4000/rtc.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0947aef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/xmc4000/rtc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+
+// eLua module for XMC4500's hardware RTC module. Code taken from
+// Mizar2's RTC implementation and adapted for the XMC4500.
+
+#include "lua.h"
+#include "lualib.h"
+#include "lauxlib.h"
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "lrotable.h"
+//#include "lrodefs.h"
+#include "platform_conf.h"
+#include "DAVE.h"
+
+/*
+ * All defines here
+ */
+
+// The number of fields in the above tables
+#define NFIELDS 6
+
+// The order offsets of the fields in the DS1337 register set
+#define SEC   0
+#define MIN   1
+#define HOUR  2
+#define WDAY  3
+#define DAY   4
+#define MONTH 5
+#define YEAR  6
+
+// The names of the Lua time table elements to return, in the order they are
+// in the DS1337 register set.
+static const char * const fieldnames[] = {
+  "sec", "min", "hour", "day", "month", "year"
+};
+
+static const u16 minval[] = {
+  0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1900
+};
+
+static const u16 maxval[] = {
+  59, 59, 23, 7, 31, 12, 2099
+};
+
+/*
+ * Functions start here
+ */
+
+// Initialize the RTC module
+static int rtc_init( lua_State *L ) {
+  RTC_Init(&RTC_0);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// Get elapsed number of seconds
+static int rtc_elapsed( lua_State *L ) {
+  time_t t;
+
+  RTC_Time(&t);
+  lua_pushinteger(L, (lua_Integer)t);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+// Get elapsed number of seconds
+static int rtc_status( lua_State *L ) {
+  lua_pushinteger(L, (lua_Integer)RTC_GetFlagStatus());
+  return 1;
+}
+
+// Read the time from the RTC.
+static int rtc_get( lua_State *L ) {
+  XMC_RTC_TIME_t t;
+
+  // Get the time.
+  RTC_GetTime( &t );
+
+  // Construct the table to return the result
+  lua_createtable( L, 0, 6 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "sec" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.seconds );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "min" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.minutes );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "hour" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.hours );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "day" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.days );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "month" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.month );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  lua_pushstring( L, "year" );
+  lua_pushinteger( L, t.year );
+  lua_rawset( L, -3 );
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+// xmc4000.rtc.set()
+// Parameter is a table containing fields with the usual Lua time
+// field names. Missing elements are not set and remain the same as
+// they were.
+static int rtc_set( lua_State *L ) {
+  lua_Integer value;
+  int field; // Which field are we handling (0-5)
+  XMC_RTC_TIME_t t;
+
+  // Set any values that they specified as table entries
+  for( field = 0; field < NFIELDS; field++ ) {
+    lua_getfield( L, 1, fieldnames[field] );
+    switch( lua_type( L, -1 ) ) {
+      case LUA_TNIL:
+        // Do not set unspecified fields
+        break;
+
+      case LUA_TNUMBER:
+      case LUA_TSTRING:
+        value = lua_tointeger( L, -1 );
+        if (value < minval[field] || value > maxval[field])
+          return luaL_error( L, "Time value out of range" );
+
+        // Special cases for some fields
+        switch( field ) {
+          case SEC: t.seconds = value; break;
+          case MIN: t.minutes = value; break;
+          case HOUR: t.hours  = value; break;
+          case DAY: t.days = value; break;
+	  case MONTH: t.month = value; break;
+          case YEAR: t.year = value; break;
+        };
+        break;
+      default:
+        return luaL_error( L, "Time values must be numbers" );
+    };
+
+    lua_pop( L, 1 );
+  }
+
+  RTC_SetTime( &t );
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define MIN_OPT_LEVEL 2
+#include "lrodefs.h"
+
+// xmc4000.rtc.*() module function map
+const LUA_REG_TYPE rtc_map[] = {
+  { LSTRKEY( "init" ), LFUNCVAL( rtc_init ) },
+  { LSTRKEY( "get" ), LFUNCVAL( rtc_get ) },
+  { LSTRKEY( "set" ), LFUNCVAL( rtc_set ) },
+  { LSTRKEY( "elapsed" ), LFUNCVAL( rtc_elapsed ) },
+  { LSTRKEY( "status" ), LFUNCVAL( rtc_status ) },
+  { LNILKEY, LNILVAL }
+};