diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 3ba920d..8549c11 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Import-Module ./scripts/PSBuild.psm1
 - Actions execute in separate tasks to prevent blocking the polling loop
 - Exception handling: Exceptions from actions are captured and can be rethrown via `RethrowExceptions()`
 - The library prevents overlapping executions - if an action is still running when the next interval arrives, it waits until the current action completes
-- `LastRunTime` tracks when the action last executed (based on `IntervalType`)
+- `LastRunTimestamp` (a `Stopwatch` timestamp) tracks when the action last executed (based on `IntervalType`), and is what scheduling measures from. `LastRunTime` records the same moment as wall-clock time for reporting only: the wall clock can be set back, which would hold the action off for as long as it moved
 - Polling can be stopped/restarted via `Stop()` and `Restart()`/`RestartAsync()`
 
 ## Testing
diff --git a/IntervalAction.Test/IntervalActionTests.cs b/IntervalAction.Test/IntervalActionTests.cs
index fc95cb8..bb361d5 100644
--- a/IntervalAction.Test/IntervalActionTests.cs
+++ b/IntervalAction.Test/IntervalActionTests.cs
@@ -485,4 +485,40 @@ public async Task StopIsIdempotent()
 
 		intervalAction.RethrowExceptions();
 	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task SettingTheWallClockBackDoesNotDelayTheNextRun()
+	{
+		int counter = 0;
+		IntervalActionOptions options = new()
+		{
+			// Long enough that the loop runs the action once and then leaves TryRun to the test.
+			PollingInterval = TimeSpan.FromHours(1),
+			ActionInterval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50),
+			Action = () => Interlocked.Increment(ref counter),
+			IntervalType = IntervalType.FromLastCompletion
+		};
+
+		IntervalAction intervalAction = IntervalAction.Start(options);
+
+		// Wait for the first run to finish, so it has recorded when it ran. The loop then sits in its
+		// hour-long delay, and stopping it now keeps it from ever calling TryRun again.
+		DateTimeOffset deadline = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddSeconds(10);
+		while (intervalAction.ActionTask is not { IsCompleted: true } && DateTimeOffset.Now < deadline)
+		{
+			await Task.Delay(10).ConfigureAwait(false);
+		}
+
+		intervalAction.Stop();
+		Assert.AreEqual(1, counter, "Expected the first run to have happened.");
+
+		// This is where a wall clock that has just been set back an hour puts the last run: an hour
+		// ahead of now. Only wall-clock time moves when the clock is set, so this is the whole of what
+		// a clock change does to the instance.
+		intervalAction.LastRunTime = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddHours(1);
+
+		await Task.Delay(options.ActionInterval * 3).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(intervalAction.TryRun(), "Expected the action to run once its interval had passed, whatever the wall clock says.");
+	}
 }
diff --git a/IntervalAction/IntervalAction.cs b/IntervalAction/IntervalAction.cs
index 8f014b6..182b9bf 100644
--- a/IntervalAction/IntervalAction.cs
+++ b/IntervalAction/IntervalAction.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace ktsu.IntervalAction;
 
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -14,10 +15,21 @@ namespace ktsu.IntervalAction;
 public class IntervalAction
 {
 	/// <summary>
-	/// Gets or sets the last run time of the action.
+	/// Gets or sets the last run time of the action, as wall-clock time.
 	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// For reporting only. Scheduling measures from <see cref="LastRunTimestamp"/>, because the wall
+	/// clock can be set back, and a last run that appears to lie in the future would hold the action
+	/// off for as long as the clock moved.
+	/// </remarks>
 	internal DateTimeOffset LastRunTime { get; set; } = DateTimeOffset.MinValue;
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets or sets the <see cref="Stopwatch"/> timestamp of the last run, or <see langword="null"/>
+	/// if the action has not run yet.
+	/// </summary>
+	internal long? LastRunTimestamp { get; set; }
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Gets the polling interval for checking the action's status and attempting to start the action.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -263,26 +275,20 @@ internal bool TryRun()
 				ActionTask = null;
 			}
 
-			if (ActionInterval >= TimeSpan.Zero && ActionTask is null && DateTimeOffset.Now - LastRunTime > ActionInterval)
+			if (ActionInterval >= TimeSpan.Zero && ActionTask is null && HasIntervalElapsed())
 			{
 				ActionTask = Task.Run(() =>
 				{
 					if (IntervalType == IntervalType.FromLastStart)
 					{
-						lock (Lock)
-						{
-							LastRunTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
-						}
+						RecordRun();
 					}
 
 					Action();
 
 					if (IntervalType == IntervalType.FromLastCompletion)
 					{
-						lock (Lock)
-						{
-							LastRunTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
-						}
+						RecordRun();
 					}
 				});
 
@@ -293,6 +299,34 @@ internal bool TryRun()
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Reports whether <see cref="ActionInterval"/> has passed since the last run, measured on a
+	/// monotonic clock. Callers hold <see cref="Lock"/>.
+	/// </summary>
+	private bool HasIntervalElapsed() =>
+		LastRunTimestamp is not long lastRun || GetElapsedTime(lastRun) > ActionInterval;
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Records that the action has just run.
+	/// </summary>
+	private void RecordRun()
+	{
+		lock (Lock)
+		{
+			LastRunTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
+			LastRunTimestamp = Stopwatch.GetTimestamp();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Returns the time elapsed since a <see cref="Stopwatch"/> timestamp.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <param name="startingTimestamp">A value from <see cref="Stopwatch.GetTimestamp"/>.</param>
+	/// <returns>The time elapsed since <paramref name="startingTimestamp"/>.</returns>
+	/// <remarks>Stopwatch.GetElapsedTime does this, but only from .NET 7.</remarks>
+	private static TimeSpan GetElapsedTime(long startingTimestamp) =>
+		TimeSpan.FromTicks((long)((Stopwatch.GetTimestamp() - startingTimestamp) * ((double)TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond / Stopwatch.Frequency)));
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Rethrows any exceptions that occurred during the polling task.
 	/// </summary>