diff --git a/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c b/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
index c842762..906bfe2 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
+	/* Figure out which syscall to use to capture timestamp information */
+	init_win32_gettimeofday();
+#endif
+
 	handle_args(argc, argv);
 
 	/* Prevent leaving behind the test file */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index fbf7106..84ad5ba 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pg_basebackup"));
 
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
+	/* Figure out which syscall to use to capture timestamp information */
+	init_win32_gettimeofday();
+#endif
+
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
 		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
index a16089f..db34f0e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
+	/* Figure out which syscall to use to capture timestamp information */
+	init_win32_gettimeofday();
+#endif
+
 	if (argc > 1)
 	{
 		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-?") == 0)