diff --git a/host/host.go b/host/host.go
index ee94863..b6be3a9 100644
--- a/host/host.go
+++ b/host/host.go
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ func EnableBootTimeCache(enable bool) {
 	enableBootTimeCache = enable
 }
 
+// RefreshBootTimeCache manually refreshes the cached BootTime value.
+func RefreshBootTimeCache(ctx context.Context) error {
+	_, err := common.BootTimeWithContext(ctx, false)
+	return err
+}
+
 func Info() (*InfoStat, error) {
 	return InfoWithContext(context.Background())
 }