diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6db22fa1f8be7..4a0ab4c066689 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Standard library changes
 #### Dates
 
 The undocumented function `adjust` is no longer exported but is now documented
+* `CompoundPeriod(x::Real, ::Type{T}) where {T}` now supports conversions from `T <: Nanoseconds` to `T <: Weeks`.
 
 #### Statistics
 
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/src/periods.jl b/stdlib/Dates/src/periods.jl
index c1d94d3d62321..4d0fd6c50e1dc 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/src/periods.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/src/periods.jl
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ periods(x::CompoundPeriod) = x.periods
 
 """
     CompoundPeriod(periods) -> CompoundPeriod
+    CompoundPeriod(::Real, ::Type{Period}) -> CompoundPeriod
 
 Construct a `CompoundPeriod` from a `Vector` of `Period`s. All `Period`s of the same type
 will be added together.
@@ -192,6 +193,9 @@ julia> Dates.CompoundPeriod(Dates.Month(1), Dates.Week(-2))
 
 julia> Dates.CompoundPeriod(Dates.Minute(50000))
 50000 minutes
+
+julia> Dates.canonicalize(Dates.CompoundPeriod(1.5, Dates.Day))
+1 day, 12 hours
 ```
 """
 CompoundPeriod(p::Vector{<:Period}) = CompoundPeriod(Vector{Period}(p))
@@ -201,6 +205,10 @@ CompoundPeriod(t::Time) = CompoundPeriod(Period[Hour(t), Minute(t), Second(t), M
 
 CompoundPeriod(p::Period...) = CompoundPeriod(Period[p...])
 
+function CompoundPeriod(x::Real, ::Type{T}) where {T <: Period}
+    nf = value(convert(Nanosecond, T(1)))
+    return CompoundPeriod(Nanosecond(ceil(x * nf)))
+end
 
 """
     canonicalize(::CompoundPeriod) -> CompoundPeriod
diff --git a/stdlib/Dates/test/periods.jl b/stdlib/Dates/test/periods.jl
index 7cebfc55e7735..ff6968a7eaf1f 100644
--- a/stdlib/Dates/test/periods.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Dates/test/periods.jl
@@ -397,6 +397,23 @@ end
     @test_throws MethodError (Dates.Month(1) + Dates.Day(1)) - Dates.Date(2009,2,1)
 end
 
+@testset "compound period from Real" begin
+    ccp(x, p) = Dates.canonicalize(Dates.CompoundPeriod(x, p))
+    @test string(ccp(1.5, Dates.Minute)) == "1 minute, 30 seconds"
+    @test string(ccp((Dates.Second(Dates.Week(1))+Dates.Second(1)).value, Dates.Second)) == "1 week, 1 second"
+    @test string(ccp(1.5, Dates.Day)) == "1 day, 12 hours"
+    @test string(ccp(1.5+7, Dates.Day)) == "1 week, 1 day, 12 hours"
+    @test string(ccp(1.4, Dates.Second)) == "1 second, 400 milliseconds"
+    @test string(ccp(10.1, Dates.Week)) == "10 weeks, 16 hours, 48 minutes"
+    @test string(ccp(10.1, Dates.Week) - Dates.Minute(6)) == "10 weeks, 16 hours, 42 minutes"
+    @test ccp(1000000, Dates.Nanosecond) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Millisecond(1))
+    @test ccp(1000, Dates.Millisecond) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Second(1))
+    @test ccp(60, Dates.Second) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Minute(1))
+    @test ccp(60, Dates.Minute) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Hour(1))
+    @test ccp(24, Dates.Hour) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Day(1))
+    @test ccp(7, Dates.Day) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Week(1))
+end
+
 @testset "canonicalize Period" begin
     # reduce individual Period into most basic CompoundPeriod
     @test Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Nanosecond(1000000)) == Dates.canonicalize(Dates.Millisecond(1))