diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index b8c6f0900b6..01476825b7b 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3152,6 +3152,8 @@ ServerResource {
         if (vmTO.getOs().startsWith("Windows")) {
             clock.setClockOffset(ClockDef.ClockOffset.LOCALTIME);
             clock.setTimer("rtc", "catchup", null);
+        } else if (vmTO.getType() != VirtualMachine.Type.User) {
+            clock.setTimer("kvmclock", "catchup", null);
         }
 
         vm.addComp(clock);