diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index b539eca..bd70b60 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function vm_boot() {
         CPU="-cpu Penryn,kvm=on,vendor=GenuineIntel,+aes,+avx,+avx2,+bmi1,+bmi2,+fma,+hypervisor,+invtsc,+kvm_pv_eoi,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+popcnt,+ssse3,+sse4.2,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check"
       fi
       OSK=$(echo "bheuneqjbexolgurfrjbeqfthneqrqcyrnfrqbagfgrny(p)NccyrPbzchgreVap" | tr 'A-Za-z' 'N-ZA-Mn-za-m')
-      GUEST_TWEAKS="-device isa-applesmc,osk=${OSK} -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard"
+      GUEST_TWEAKS="-device isa-applesmc,osk=${OSK} -no-hpet -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard"
       disk="64G"
 
       # Tune Qemu optimisations based on the macOS release, or fallback to lowest