diff --git a/include/rtdef.h b/include/rtdef.h
index 34bb283ae71..13dca20df59 100644
--- a/include/rtdef.h
+++ b/include/rtdef.h
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ extern "C" {
 #define RT_UINT64_MAX                   0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFULL /**< Maximum number of UINT64 */
 #endif /* RT_USING_LIBC */
 
+#ifdef RT_TICK_USING_64BIT
+#define RT_TICK_MAX                     RT_UINT64_MAX   /**< Maximum number of tick */
+#else
 #define RT_TICK_MAX                     RT_UINT32_MAX   /**< Maximum number of tick */
+#endif /* RT_TICK_USING_64BIT */
 
 /* maximum value of ipc type */
 #define RT_SEM_VALUE_MAX                RT_UINT16_MAX   /**< Maximum number of semaphore .value */
diff --git a/include/rttypes.h b/include/rttypes.h
index 0b614a492ae..a950c1a9403 100644
--- a/include/rttypes.h
+++ b/include/rttypes.h
@@ -81,9 +81,14 @@ typedef rt_ubase_t                      rt_intptr_t;    /**< Type for signed poi
 typedef rt_base_t                       rt_uintptr_t;   /**< Type for unsigned pointer length integer */
 #endif /* defined(RT_USING_LIBC) && !defined(RT_USING_NANO) */
 
+#ifdef RT_TICK_USING_64BIT
+typedef rt_uint64_t                     rt_tick_t;      /**< Type for tick count */
+#else
+typedef rt_uint32_t                     rt_tick_t;      /**< Type for tick count */
+#endif /* RT_TICK_USING_64BIT */
+
 typedef rt_base_t                       rt_err_t;       /**< Type for error number */
 typedef rt_uint32_t                     rt_time_t;      /**< Type for time stamp */
-typedef rt_uint32_t                     rt_tick_t;      /**< Type for tick count */
 typedef rt_base_t                       rt_flag_t;      /**< Type for flags */
 typedef rt_ubase_t                      rt_dev_t;       /**< Type for device */
 typedef rt_base_t                       rt_off_t;       /**< Type for offset */
diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index 30105c3956a..3267cae14fd 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ config RT_TICK_PER_SECOND
     help
         System's tick frequency, Hz.
 
+config RT_TICK_USING_64BIT
+    bool "Using 64-bit systick"
+    default n
+    help
+        Using long long as tick unit, this is useful when the tick frequency is very high.
+
 config RT_USING_HOOK
     bool "Enable system hook"
     default y