--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/leakprofiler/checkpoint/eventEmitter.cpp	Fri Nov 22 19:23:30 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/leakprofiler/checkpoint/eventEmitter.cpp	Sun Nov 24 01:03:33 2019 +0100
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@
   const traceid object_id = edge_store->get_id(edge);
   assert(object_id != 0, "invariant");
 
+  Tickspan object_age = Ticks(_start_time.value()) - sample->allocation_time();
+
   EventOldObjectSample e(UNTIMED);
   e.set_starttime(_start_time);
   e.set_endtime(_end_time);
   e.set_allocationTime(sample->allocation_time());
+  e.set_objectAge(object_age);
   e.set_lastKnownHeapUsage(sample->heap_used_at_last_gc());
   e.set_object(object_id);
   e.set_arrayElements(array_size(edge->pointee()));

--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/metadata/metadata.xml	Fri Nov 22 19:23:30 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/metadata/metadata.xml	Sun Nov 24 01:03:33 2019 +0100
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@
   <Event name="OldObjectSample" category="Java Virtual Machine, Profiling" label="Old Object Sample" description="A potential memory leak" stackTrace="true" thread="true"
     startTime="false" cutoff="true">
     <Field type="Ticks" name="allocationTime" label="Allocation Time" />
+    <Field type="Tickspan" name="objectAge" label="Object Age" />
     <Field type="ulong" contentType="bytes" name="lastKnownHeapUsage" label="Last Known Heap Usage" />
     <Field type="OldObject" name="object" label="Object" />
     <Field type="int" name="arrayElements" label="Array Elements" description="If the object is an array, the number of elements, or -1 if it is not an array" />

--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/ticks.hpp	Fri Nov 22 19:23:30 2019 -0800
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/ticks.hpp	Sun Nov 24 01:03:33 2019 +0100
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
   TimeInstant(jlong ticks) : Rep<TimeSource>(ticks) {}
   friend class GranularTimer;
   friend class ObjectSample;
+  friend class EventEmitter;
   // GC unit tests
   friend class TimePartitionPhasesIteratorTest;
   friend class GCTimerTest;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/event/oldobject/TestObjectAge.java	Sun Nov 24 01:03:33 2019 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.event.oldobject;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordedEvent;
+import jdk.jfr.internal.test.WhiteBox;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.EventNames;
+import jdk.test.lib.jfr.Events;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @key jfr
+ * @requires vm.hasJFR
+ * @requires vm.gc == "null"
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @modules jdk.jfr/jdk.jfr.internal.test
+ * @run main/othervm -XX:TLABSize=2k jdk.jfr.event.oldobject.TestObjectAge
+ */
+public class TestObjectAge {
+
+    public final static List<Object[]> leak = new ArrayList<>(OldObjects.MIN_SIZE);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        WhiteBox.setWriteAllObjectSamples(true);
+
+        try (Recording recording = new Recording()) {
+            recording.enable(EventNames.OldObjectSample).withStackTrace().with("cutoff", "1 h");
+            recording.start();
+
+            // Allocate array to trigger sampling code path for interpreter / c1
+            for (int i = 0; i < OldObjects.MIN_SIZE; i++) {
+                leak.add(new Object[0]);
+            }
+            recording.stop();
+
+            List<RecordedEvent> events = Events.fromRecording(recording);
+            // OK if we sometimes don't get an event
+            for (RecordedEvent event : events) {
+                Duration objectAge = event.getDuration("objectAge");
+                // Sanity check
+                if (objectAge.isNegative() || objectAge.toMinutes() > 60) {
+                    throw new Exception("Object age " + objectAge + " is not reasonable");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}