diff --git a/src/proc.sh b/src/proc.sh
index f1b185c..ef904d3 100644
--- a/src/proc.sh
+++ b/src/proc.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ if [[ "$KVM" != [Nn]* ]]; then
   WIN_FEATURES=""
   CPU_FEATURES="kvm=on"
   KVM_OPTS=",accel=kvm -enable-kvm"
+  BOOT_OPTS="$BOOT_OPTS -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard"
 
   #CPU_FEATURES="kvm=on,l3-cache=on"
   #WIN_FEATURES="+hypervisor,+invtsc,hv_passthrough"