diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimer.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimer.java
index 8906dac2e8..bea0482abf 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package io.netty.util;
 
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
+import io.netty.util.internal.DetectionUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.ReusableIterator;
 import io.netty.util.internal.SharedResourceMisuseDetector;
 
@@ -442,7 +443,16 @@ public class HashedWheelTimer implements Timer {
 
             for (;;) {
                 final long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                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 (DetectionUtil.isWindows()) {
+                    sleepTime = sleepTime / 10 * 10;
+                }
 
                 if (sleepTime <= 0) {
                     break;
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/DetectionUtil.java b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/DetectionUtil.java
index 448701f948..9a77cb7575 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/DetectionUtil.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/DetectionUtil.java
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ public final class DetectionUtil {
 
     private static final int JAVA_VERSION = javaVersion0();
     private static final boolean HAS_UNSAFE = hasUnsafe(AtomicInteger.class.getClassLoader());
+    private static final boolean IS_WINDOWS;
+
+    static {
+        String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+        // windows
+        IS_WINDOWS = os.indexOf("win") >= 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return <code>true</code> if the JVM is running on Windows
+     */
+    public static boolean isWindows() {
+        return IS_WINDOWS;
+    }
 
     public static boolean hasUnsafe() {
         return HAS_UNSAFE;