diff --git a/src/rpc/client.cpp b/src/rpc/client.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/client.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  */
 static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] = {
     {"setmocktime", 0, "timestamp"},
+    {"mockscheduler", 0, "delta_time"},
     {"generate", 0, "nblocks"},
     {"generate", 1, "maxtries"},
     {"generatetoaddress", 0, "nblocks"},
diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 #include <httpserver.h>
 #include <key_io.h>
 #include <logging.h>
+#include <node/context.h>
 #include <outputtype.h>
 #include <rpc/blockchain.h>
 #include <rpc/server.h>
 #include <rpc/util.h>
+#include <scheduler.h>
 #include <script/descriptor.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
@@ -446,6 +448,41 @@
     return NullUniValue;
 }
 
+static UniValue mockscheduler(const Config &config,
+                              const JSONRPCRequest &request) {
+    RPCHelpMan{
+        "mockscheduler",
+        "\nBump the scheduler into the future (-regtest only)\n",
+        {
+            {"delta_time", RPCArg::Type::NUM, RPCArg::Optional::NO,
+             "Number of seconds to forward the scheduler into the future."},
+        },
+        RPCResults{},
+        RPCExamples{""},
+    }
+        .Check(request);
+
+    if (!Params().IsMockableChain()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "mockscheduler is for regression testing (-regtest mode) only");
+    }
+
+    // check params are valid values
+    RPCTypeCheck(request.params, {UniValue::VNUM});
+    int64_t delta_seconds = request.params[0].get_int64();
+    if ((delta_seconds <= 0) || (delta_seconds > 3600)) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "delta_time must be between 1 and 3600 seconds (1 hr)");
+    }
+
+    // protect against null pointer dereference
+    CHECK_NONFATAL(g_rpc_node);
+    CHECK_NONFATAL(g_rpc_node->scheduler);
+    g_rpc_node->scheduler->MockForward(boost::chrono::seconds(delta_seconds));
+
+    return NullUniValue;
+}
+
 static UniValue RPCLockedMemoryInfo() {
     LockedPool::Stats stats = LockedPoolManager::Instance().stats();
     UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
@@ -688,6 +725,7 @@
     { "util",               "signmessagewithprivkey", signmessagewithprivkey, {"privkey","message"} },
     /* Not shown in help */
     { "hidden",             "setmocktime",            setmocktime,            {"timestamp"}},
+    { "hidden",             "mockscheduler",          mockscheduler,          {"delta_time"}},
     { "hidden",             "echo",                   echo,                   {"arg0","arg1","arg2","arg3","arg4","arg5","arg6","arg7","arg8","arg9"}},
     { "hidden",             "echojson",               echo,                   {"arg0","arg1","arg2","arg3","arg4","arg5","arg6","arg7","arg8","arg9"}},
 };