diff --git a/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Heartbeat.c b/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Heartbeat.c
index 28b9d61527..b6c4a0f709 100755
--- a/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Heartbeat.c
+++ b/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Heartbeat.c
@@ -260,6 +260,17 @@ ioInitTime(void)
 	utcStartMicroseconds = utcMicrosecondClock;
 }
 
+void resyncSystemTime() {
+  #if (_WIN32_WINNT >= _WIN32_WINNT_WIN8)
+  // Nothing to be done, time will be resynced upon every heartbeat tick
+  #else // (_WIN32_WINNT >= _WIN32_WINNT_WIN8)
+  // By setting these values to maximum, currentUTCMicroseconds() will resync to the system time.
+  lastTick = (DWORD)-1;
+  vmThreadLastTick = (DWORD)-1;
+  #endif
+  ioUpdateVMTimezone();
+}
+
 unsigned long long
 ioUTCMicroseconds() { return get64(utcMicrosecondClock); }
 
diff --git a/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Window.c b/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Window.c
index 855ae4c532..1cb36fb751 100644
--- a/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Window.c
+++ b/platforms/win32/vm/sqWin32Window.c
@@ -625,6 +625,11 @@ MainWndProcW(HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
   case WM_KILLFOCUS:
     fHasFocus = 0;
     return DefWindowProcW(hwnd,message,wParam,lParam);
+
+  case WM_TIMECHANGE:
+    resyncSystemTime();
+    return DefWindowProcW(hwnd,message,wParam,lParam);
+
   default:
     /* Unprocessed messages may be processed outside the current
        module. If firstMessageHook is non-NULL and returns a non