diff --git a/application/stopwatch.h b/application/stopwatch.h
index 3c4d2d27..54a27edf 100644
--- a/application/stopwatch.h
+++ b/application/stopwatch.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 #endif
 #include <poglib/basic.h>
+#ifdef _WIN64
+#include <timeapi.h>
+#endif
 
 
 /*=============================================================================
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ void stopwatch_delay(const f32 ms)
 
 stopwatch_t stopwatch(void)
 {
+#ifdef _WIN64
+    timeBeginPeriod(1);
+#endif
     stopwatch_t output = {0};
     output.now = stopwatch_get_tick();
     output.raw_dt = 0.01f;