diff --git a/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj b/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
index 6d675a2a59e24..655fc3281eb2e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
+++ b/src/coreclr/crossgen-corelib.proj
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
       <DotNetPgoCmd>$(DotNetCli) $([MSBuild]::NormalizePath('$(BinDir)', 'dotnet-pgo', 'dotnet-pgo.dll')) merge</DotNetPgoCmd>
       <DotNetPgoCmd>$(DotNetPgoCmd) -o:$(MergedMibcPath)</DotNetPgoCmd>
       <DotNetPgoCmd>$(DotNetPgoCmd) @(OptimizationMibcFiles->'-i:%(Identity)', ' ')</DotNetPgoCmd>
+      <DotNetPgoCmd>$(DotNetPgoCmd) --inherit-timestamp</DotNetPgoCmd> <!-- For incremental builds, otherwise timestamp is too far in the future -->
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <Message Condition="'$(DotNetBuildFromSource)' != 'true'" Importance="High" Text="$(DotNetPgoCmd)"/>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/CommandLineOptions.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/CommandLineOptions.cs
index 3da9ded70632f..a2e3a82f37fdb 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/CommandLineOptions.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/CommandLineOptions.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ internal class CommandLineOptions
         public bool DumpMibc = false;
         public FileInfo InputFileToDump;
         public List<FileInfo> CompareMibc;
+        public bool InheritTimestamp;
 
         public string[] HelpArgs = Array.Empty<string>();
 
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ void HelpOption()
                     }
                 }
 
+                syntax.DefineOption(name: "inherit-timestamp", value: ref InheritTimestamp, help: "If specified, set the output's timestamp to the max timestamp of the input files");
+
                 VerbosityOption();
                 CompressedOption();
                 HelpOption();
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/Program.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/Program.cs
index f129fdfee59bf..77113377c478d 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/Program.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/dotnet-pgo/Program.cs
@@ -378,7 +378,14 @@ static int InnerMergeMain(CommandLineOptions commandLineOptions)
                     ProfileData.MergeProfileData(ref partialNgen, mergedProfileData, MIbcProfileParser.ParseMIbcFile(tsc, peReader, assemblyNamesInBubble, onlyDefinedInAssembly: null));
                 }
 
-                return MibcEmitter.GenerateMibcFile(tsc, commandLineOptions.OutputFileName, mergedProfileData.Values, commandLineOptions.ValidateOutputFile, commandLineOptions.Uncompressed);
+                int result = MibcEmitter.GenerateMibcFile(tsc, commandLineOptions.OutputFileName, mergedProfileData.Values, commandLineOptions.ValidateOutputFile, commandLineOptions.Uncompressed);
+                if (result == 0 && commandLineOptions.InheritTimestamp)
+                {
+                    commandLineOptions.OutputFileName.CreationTimeUtc = commandLineOptions.InputFilesToMerge.Max(fi => fi.CreationTimeUtc);
+                    commandLineOptions.OutputFileName.LastWriteTimeUtc = commandLineOptions.InputFilesToMerge.Max(fi => fi.LastWriteTimeUtc);
+                }
+
+                return result;
             }
             finally
             {