diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a003c57..50a214e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
+* getDefaultRuntime rpc to SchedulerService ([#44](https://github.com/xenon-middleware/xenon-grpc/issues/44))
 * start_time and temp_space fields to JobDescription message ([#43](https://github.com/xenon-middleware/xenon-grpc/issues/43))
 * [at](https://linux.die.net/man/1/at) scheduler
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerService.java b/src/main/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerService.java
index 48ca879..b8fa6a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerService.java
@@ -491,4 +491,19 @@ public void getFileSystem(XenonProto.Scheduler request, StreamObserver<XenonProt
             responseObserver.onError(mapException(e));
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void getDefaultRuntime(XenonProto.Scheduler request, StreamObserver<XenonProto.GetDefaultRuntimeResponse> responseObserver) {
+        try {
+            Scheduler scheduler = getScheduler(request);
+            int defaultRuntime = scheduler.getDefaultRuntime();
+            XenonProto.GetDefaultRuntimeResponse value = XenonProto.GetDefaultRuntimeResponse.newBuilder()
+                    .setValue(defaultRuntime)
+                    .build();
+            responseObserver.onNext(value);
+            responseObserver.onCompleted();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            responseObserver.onError(mapException(e));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/proto/xenon.proto b/src/main/proto/xenon.proto
index f77b733..2b283b3 100644
--- a/src/main/proto/xenon.proto
+++ b/src/main/proto/xenon.proto
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ message Is {
     bool value = 1;
 }
 
+message GetDefaultRuntimeResponse {
+    uint32 value = 1;
+}
+
 // XenonFiles represents the Xenon nl.esciencecenter.xenon.filesystems.FileSystem class.
 // This interface contains various methods for creating and closing FileSystems, creating Paths and operations on these Paths.
 service FileSystemService {
@@ -593,6 +597,8 @@ service SchedulerService {
     rpc isOpen(Scheduler) returns (Is) {}
     // Cancel a job
     rpc cancelJob(JobRequest) returns (JobStatus) {}
+    // Get the default runtime of a job in minutes.
+    rpc getDefaultRuntime(Scheduler) returns (GetDefaultRuntimeResponse) {}
     // Retrieve the FileSystem used internally by this Scheduler.
     rpc getFileSystem(Scheduler) returns (FileSystem) {}
     // Close this Scheduler.
diff --git a/src/test/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerServiceBlockingTest.java b/src/test/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerServiceBlockingTest.java
index 59f5ad4..d362031 100644
--- a/src/test/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerServiceBlockingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/nl/esciencecenter/xenon/grpc/schedulers/SchedulerServiceBlockingTest.java
@@ -647,4 +647,10 @@ public void getFileSystem_usesFileSystemFalse() throws XenonException {
         client.getFileSystem(createScheduler());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void getDefaultRuntime() {
+        XenonProto.GetDefaultRuntimeResponse response = client.getDefaultRuntime(createScheduler());
+        int expected = 0;
+        assertEquals(expected, response.getValue());
+    }
 }
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