diff --git a/enrol/externallib.php b/enrol/externallib.php
index e5b8ab1e0e5..b70ca45a619 100644
--- a/enrol/externallib.php
+++ b/enrol/externallib.php
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ class core_enrol_external extends external_api {
                 'overviewfiles' => $overviewfiles,
                 'showactivitydates' => $course->showactivitydates,
                 'showcompletionconditions' => $course->showcompletionconditions,
+                'timemodified' => $course->timemodified,
             ];
             if ($returnusercount) {
                 $courseresult['enrolledusercount'] = $enrolledusercount;
@@ -483,6 +484,8 @@ class core_enrol_external extends external_api {
                     'overviewfiles' => new external_files('Overview files attached to this course.', VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                     'showactivitydates' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Whether the activity dates are shown or not'),
                     'showcompletionconditions' => new external_value(PARAM_BOOL, 'Whether the activity completion conditions are shown or not'),
+                    'timemodified' => new external_value(PARAM_INT, 'Last time course settings were updated (timestamp).',
+                        VALUE_OPTIONAL),
                 )
             )
         );
diff --git a/enrol/tests/externallib_test.php b/enrol/tests/externallib_test.php
index 620c173bc4c..333a54a7ca5 100644
--- a/enrol/tests/externallib_test.php
+++ b/enrol/tests/externallib_test.php
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ class core_enrol_externallib_testcase extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
                 $this->assertTrue($courseenrol['hidden']);
                 $this->assertTrue($courseenrol['isfavourite']);
                 $this->assertEquals(2, $courseenrol['enrolledusercount']);
+                $this->assertEquals($course1->timemodified, $courseenrol['timemodified']);
             } else {
                 // Check language pack. Should be empty since an incorrect one was used when creating the course.
                 $this->assertEmpty($courseenrol['lang']);
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ class core_enrol_externallib_testcase extends externallib_advanced_testcase {
                 $this->assertFalse($courseenrol['hidden']);
                 $this->assertFalse($courseenrol['isfavourite']);
                 $this->assertEquals(1, $courseenrol['enrolledusercount']);
+                $this->assertEquals($course2->timemodified, $courseenrol['timemodified']);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/enrol/upgrade.txt b/enrol/upgrade.txt
index 89794c6f4fb..7f915ccf196 100644
--- a/enrol/upgrade.txt
+++ b/enrol/upgrade.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ information provided here is intended especially for developers.
 
 * Final deprecation of the following webservice:
   * core_enrol_edit_user_enrolment
+* External function core_enrol_external::get_users_courses now returns the last time a course was modified (timemodified field)
 
 === 3.11 ===