diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d04e482..f4fd297 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ daemonize = "0.5.0"
 num-rational = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 libc = "0.2"
+which = "6"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "ptp_probe"
diff --git a/src/ptp.rs b/src/ptp.rs
index df36ae9..bdd1a27 100644
--- a/src/ptp.rs
+++ b/src/ptp.rs
@@ -121,3 +121,166 @@ pub use linux::{is_supported, PtpClock};
 
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
 pub use non_linux::{is_supported, PtpClock};
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Statime daemon integration
+// This provides a thin wrapper to spawn and manage the 'statime' PTP daemon
+// as a child process from within this application (Linux only).
+// On non-Linux targets, it returns PtpError::Unsupported.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+mod statime_linux_mod {
+    use std::io;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+
+    use super::PtpError;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct StatimeOptions {
+        pub interface: String,
+        pub phc_index: Option<u32>,
+        pub extra_args: Vec<String>,
+    }
+
+    impl StatimeOptions {
+        pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(interface: S) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                interface: interface.into(),
+                phc_index: None,
+                extra_args: Vec::new(),
+            }
+        }
+        pub fn with_phc_index(mut self, idx: u32) -> Self {
+            self.phc_index = Some(idx);
+            self
+        }
+        pub fn with_args<I, S>(mut self, args: I) -> Self
+        where
+            I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
+            S: Into<String>,
+        {
+            self.extra_args = args.into_iter().map(|s| s.into()).collect();
+            self
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub struct StatimeDaemon {
+        child: Child,
+    }
+
+    impl StatimeDaemon {
+        pub fn is_running(&mut self) -> bool {
+            self.child.try_wait().ok().flatten().is_none()
+        }
+        pub fn pid(&self) -> u32 {
+            self.child.id()
+        }
+        pub fn stop(&mut self) -> Result<(), PtpError> {
+            self.child.kill().map_err(PtpError::Io)?;
+            let _ = self.child.wait();
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Drop for StatimeDaemon {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            let _ = self.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn find_statime_binary() -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error> {
+        which::which("statime").or_else(|_| {
+            let fallback = PathBuf::from("/usr/local/bin/statime");
+            if fallback.exists() {
+                Ok(fallback)
+            } else {
+                Err(io::Error::new(
+                    io::ErrorKind::NotFound,
+                    "statime binary not found in PATH or /usr/local/bin",
+                ))
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn spawn_statime(opts: StatimeOptions) -> Result<StatimeDaemon, PtpError> {
+        let bin = find_statime_binary().map_err(PtpError::Io)?;
+
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(bin);
+        cmd.arg("-i").arg(&opts.interface);
+
+        if let Some(idx) = opts.phc_index {
+            // Prefer --phc-index if supported by the installed statime version.
+            cmd.arg("--phc-index").arg(idx.to_string());
+        }
+
+        for a in &opts.extra_args {
+            cmd.arg(a);
+        }
+
+        // Inherit stdio for visibility; detach stdin.
+        cmd.stdin(Stdio::null())
+            .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
+            .stderr(Stdio::inherit());
+
+        let child = cmd.spawn().map_err(PtpError::Io)?;
+        Ok(StatimeDaemon { child })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+mod statime_nonlinux_mod {
+    use super::PtpError;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+    pub struct StatimeOptions {
+        pub interface: String,
+        pub phc_index: Option<u32>,
+        pub extra_args: Vec<String>,
+    }
+
+    impl StatimeOptions {
+        pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(interface: S) -> Self {
+            Self {
+                interface: interface.into(),
+                phc_index: None,
+                extra_args: Vec::new(),
+            }
+        }
+        pub fn with_phc_index(self, _idx: u32) -> Self {
+            self
+        }
+        pub fn with_args<I, S>(self, _args: I) -> Self
+        where
+            I: IntoIterator<Item = S>,
+            S: Into<String>,
+        {
+            self
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub struct StatimeDaemon;
+
+    impl StatimeDaemon {
+        pub fn is_running(&mut self) -> bool {
+            false
+        }
+        pub fn pid(&self) -> u32 {
+            0
+        }
+        pub fn stop(&mut self) -> Result<(), PtpError> {
+            Err(PtpError::Unsupported)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn spawn_statime(_opts: StatimeOptions) -> Result<StatimeDaemon, PtpError> {
+        Err(PtpError::Unsupported)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub use statime_linux_mod::{spawn_statime, StatimeDaemon, StatimeOptions};
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+pub use statime_nonlinux_mod::{spawn_statime, StatimeDaemon, StatimeOptions};