diff --git a/rtc_base/system_time.cc b/rtc_base/system_time.cc
index ea9b5ab330..bcd4e6c628 100644
--- a/rtc_base/system_time.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/system_time.cc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int64_t SystemTimeNanos() {
   ticks = kNumNanosecsPerSec * static_cast<int64_t>(ts.tv_sec) +
           static_cast<int64_t>(ts.tv_nsec);
 #elif defined(WINUWP)
-  ticks = TimeHelper::TicksNs();
+  ticks = WinUwpSystemTimeNanos();
 #elif defined(WEBRTC_WIN)
   static volatile LONG last_timegettime = 0;
   static volatile int64_t num_wrap_timegettime = 0;
diff --git a/rtc_base/time_utils.cc b/rtc_base/time_utils.cc
index f54aef420b..fe63d3a8ed 100644
--- a/rtc_base/time_utils.cc
+++ b/rtc_base/time_utils.cc
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ void SyncWithNtp(int64_t time_from_ntp_server_ms) {
   TimeHelper::SyncWithNtp(time_from_ntp_server_ms);
 }
 
+int64_t WinUwpSystemTimeNanos() {
+  return TimeHelper::TicksNs();
+}
+
 #endif  // defined(WINUWP)
 
 int64_t SystemTimeMillis() {
diff --git a/rtc_base/time_utils.h b/rtc_base/time_utils.h
index ff22a6149a..de3c58c815 100644
--- a/rtc_base/time_utils.h
+++ b/rtc_base/time_utils.h
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ RTC_EXPORT ClockInterface* GetClockForTesting();
 // Synchronizes the current clock based upon an NTP server's epoch in
 // milliseconds.
 void SyncWithNtp(int64_t time_from_ntp_server_ms);
+
+// Returns the current time in nanoseconds. The clock is synchonized with the
+// system wall clock time upon instatiation. It may also be synchronized using
+// the SyncWithNtp() function above. Please note that the clock will most likely
+// drift away from the system wall clock time as time goes by.
+int64_t WinUwpSystemTimeNanos();
 #endif  // defined(WINUWP)
 
 // Returns the actual system time, even if a clock is set for testing.
diff --git a/system_wrappers/source/clock.cc b/system_wrappers/source/clock.cc
index 0ae624d849..8edffa6a05 100644
--- a/system_wrappers/source/clock.cc
+++ b/system_wrappers/source/clock.cc
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ class WinUwpRealTimeClock final : public RealTimeClock {
 
  protected:
   timeval CurrentTimeVal() override {
-    // The rtc::SystemTimeNanos() method is already time offset from a base
-    // epoch value and might as be synchronized against an NTP time server as
-    // an added bonus.
-    auto nanos = rtc::SystemTimeNanos();
+    // The rtc::WinUwpSystemTimeNanos() method is already time offset from a
+    // base epoch value and might as be synchronized against an NTP time server
+    // as an added bonus.
+    auto nanos = rtc::WinUwpSystemTimeNanos();
 
     struct timeval tv;