diff --git a/Meta/run.sh b/Meta/run.sh
index b48e1d4e37..78795b0ff0 100755
--- a/Meta/run.sh
+++ b/Meta/run.sh
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
     SERENITY_AUDIO_BACKEND="-audiodev coreaudio,id=snd0"
 elif [ "$NATIVE_WINDOWS_QEMU" -eq "1" ]; then
-    SERENITY_AUDIO_BACKEND="-audiodev dsound,id=snd0"
+    SERENITY_AUDIO_BACKEND="-audiodev dsound,id=snd0,timer-period=2000"
 elif "$SERENITY_QEMU_BIN" -audio-help 2>&1 | grep -- "-audiodev id=sdl" >/dev/null; then
     SERENITY_AUDIO_BACKEND="-audiodev sdl,id=snd0"
 else