diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dc238269008..90ff22fc7e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17696,6 +17696,7 @@ for ac_func in \
 	getopt_long_only \
 	kqueue \
 	lstat \
+	mach_continuous_time \
 	pipe2 \
 	poll \
 	port_create \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fe2816ca7b6..7f2c3cda235 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2171,6 +2171,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(\
 	getopt_long_only \
 	kqueue \
 	lstat \
+	mach_continuous_time \
 	pipe2 \
 	poll \
 	port_create \
diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/time.c b/dlls/kernel32/time.c
index 817a8305186..716230aa7a2 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/time.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/time.c
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ static inline ULONGLONG monotonic_counter(void)
     static mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase;
 
     if (!timebase.denom) mach_timebase_info( &timebase );
+#ifdef HAVE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
+    if (&mach_continuous_time != NULL)
+        return mach_continuous_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 100;
+#endif
     return mach_absolute_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 100;
 #elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
     struct timespec ts;
diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/time.c b/dlls/ntdll/time.c
index 91e5887b879..4e3d5583c7b 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/time.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/time.c
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ static inline ULONGLONG monotonic_counter(void)
     static mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase;
 
     if (!timebase.denom) mach_timebase_info( &timebase );
+#ifdef HAVE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
+    if (&mach_continuous_time != NULL)
+        return mach_continuous_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 100;
+#endif
     return mach_absolute_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 100;
 #elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
     struct timespec ts;
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 41a7cde553d..63396e92501 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <machine/sysarch.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MACHINE_SYSARCH_H
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `mach_continuous_time' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <mach/machine.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_MACH_MACHINE_H
 
diff --git a/server/request.c b/server/request.c
index d2adb08a183..5610d392cf9 100644
--- a/server/request.c
+++ b/server/request.c
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ unsigned int get_tick_count(void)
     static mach_timebase_info_data_t timebase;
 
     if (!timebase.denom) mach_timebase_info( &timebase );
+#ifdef HAVE_MACH_CONTINUOUS_TIME
+    if (&mach_continuous_time != NULL)
+        return mach_continuous_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 1000000;
+#endif
     return mach_absolute_time() * timebase.numer / timebase.denom / 1000000;
 #elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
     struct timespec ts;