diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
index cc052ca505..75f5234651 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IdentityContext } from "@budibase/types"
+import { IdentityContext, VM } from "@budibase/types"
 import { Isolate, Context, Module } from "isolated-vm"
 
 // keep this out of Budibase types, don't want to expose context info
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ export type ContextMap = {
     jsContext: Context
     helpersModule: Module
   }
+  vm?: VM
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
index 0eab2ba556..36faaae9c3 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/index.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ export * from "./cli"
 export * from "./websocket"
 export * from "./permissions"
 export * from "./row"
+export * from "./vm"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c85cac925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/vm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export interface VM {
+  cpuTime: bigint
+  execute(code: string): string
+}