diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/java/akka/util/internal/HashedWheelTimer.java b/akka-actor/src/main/java/akka/util/internal/HashedWheelTimer.java
index 25841861c5..7a497b8442 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/java/akka/util/internal/HashedWheelTimer.java
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/java/akka/util/internal/HashedWheelTimer.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public class HashedWheelTimer implements Timer {
     final ReusableIterator<HashedWheelTimeout>[] iterators;
     final int mask;
     final ReadWriteLock lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+    final boolean isWindows = System.getProperty("os.name", "").toLowerCase().indexOf("win") >= 0;
     volatile int wheelCursor;
     private LoggingAdapter logger;
 
@@ -389,7 +390,17 @@ public class HashedWheelTimer implements Timer {
 
             for (;;) {
                 final long currentTime = System.nanoTime();
-                final long sleepTime = (tickDuration * tick - (currentTime - startTime));
+
+                long sleepTime = tickDuration * tick - (currentTime - startTime);
+
+                // Check if we run on windows, as if thats the case we will need
+                // to round the sleepTime as workaround for a bug that only affect
+                // the JVM if it runs on windows.
+                //
+                // See https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/356
+                if (isWindows) {
+                  sleepTime = (sleepTime / 10) * 10;
+                }
 
                 if (sleepTime <= 0) {
                     break;