diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11HighResRenderTimer.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11HighResRenderTimer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fecb9b23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11HighResRenderTimer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Avalonia.Controls.Platform;
+using Avalonia.FreeDesktop;
+using Avalonia.Input;
+using Avalonia.Input.Platform;
+using Avalonia.OpenGL;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.X11.Glx;
+using Avalonia.X11.NativeDialogs;
+using static Avalonia.X11.XLib;
+
+namespace Avalonia.X11
+{
+    internal class LinuxHighResolutionTimer : IDisposable
+    {
+        [DllImport("libc", SetLastError = true)]
+        static extern int nanosleep(ref TimeSpec duration, ref TimeSpec remaining);
+
+        [DllImport("libc", SetLastError = true)]
+        static extern int clock_gettime(uint clk_id, ref TimeSpec tp);
+
+        const uint CLOCK_MONOTONIC = 1;
+
+        struct TimeSpec
+        {
+            public long tv_sec;
+            public long tv_nsec;
+
+            public TimeSpec(int tv_sec, long tv_nsec) : this()
+            {
+                this.tv_sec = tv_sec;
+                this.tv_nsec = tv_nsec;
+            }
+
+            public TimeSpan ToTimeSpan()
+                => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(tv_sec) + TimeSpan.FromTicks(tv_nsec / 100);
+
+            public static TimeSpec ConvertToTimeSpec(TimeSpan timeSpan)
+                => new TimeSpec(timeSpan.Seconds, timeSpan.Ticks * 100);
+        };
+
+        TimeSpec GetElapsedTimeSpec(ref TimeSpec start, ref TimeSpec stop)
+        {
+            var elapsed_time = new TimeSpec();
+            if ((stop.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec) < 0)
+            {
+                elapsed_time.tv_sec = stop.tv_sec - start.tv_sec - 1;
+                elapsed_time.tv_nsec = stop.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec + 1000000000;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                elapsed_time.tv_sec = stop.tv_sec - start.tv_sec;
+                elapsed_time.tv_nsec = stop.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec;
+            }
+            return elapsed_time;
+        }
+
+        public LinuxHighResolutionTimer(double seconds)
+        {
+            totalInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(seconds);
+        }
+
+        private volatile bool shouldStop = false;
+        private TimeSpan elapsedTotal = TimeSpan.Zero;
+        private IDisposable _diposable1;
+        private TimeSpan totalInterval;
+
+        private void TickTock(Action<TimeSpan> observer)
+        {
+            var start = new TimeSpec();
+            var frameStop = new TimeSpec();
+            var sleepStop = new TimeSpec();
+            var remaining = new TimeSpec();
+
+            TimeSpan frameTime, totalTime;
+
+            while (!shouldStop)
+            {
+                clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ref start);
+
+                observer(elapsedTotal);
+
+                clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ref frameStop);
+
+                frameTime = GetElapsedTimeSpec(ref start, ref frameStop).ToTimeSpan();
+
+                var calc = (totalInterval - frameTime);
+
+                if (calc < TimeSpan.Zero)
+                    calc = totalInterval;
+
+                var finDur = TimeSpec.ConvertToTimeSpec(calc);
+
+                nanosleep(ref finDur, ref remaining);
+
+                clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ref sleepStop);
+
+                totalTime = GetElapsedTimeSpec(ref start, ref sleepStop).ToTimeSpan();
+
+                elapsedTotal += totalTime;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            shouldStop = true;
+            _diposable1?.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        public IDisposable Subscribe(Action<TimeSpan> observer)
+        {
+            _diposable1 = Task.Run(() => TickTock(observer));
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    internal class X11HighResRenderTimer : DefaultRenderTimer
+    {
+        private double intervalMills;
+
+        public X11HighResRenderTimer(int framesPerSecond) : base(framesPerSecond)
+        {
+            this.intervalMills = 1d / (double)framesPerSecond;
+        }
+
+
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            return base.Equals(obj);
+        }
+
+        public override int GetHashCode()
+        {
+            return base.GetHashCode();
+        }
+
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return base.ToString();
+        }
+
+        protected override IDisposable StartCore(Action<TimeSpan> tick)
+        {
+            return new LinuxHighResolutionTimer(intervalMills).Subscribe(tick);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
index 1d2290236c..455add923f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.X11/X11Platform.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Platform;
 using Avalonia.FreeDesktop;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
             AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable.BindToSelf(this)
                 .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(this)
                 .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(new X11PlatformThreading(this))
-                .Bind<IRenderTimer>().ToConstant(new DefaultRenderTimer(60))
+                .Bind<IRenderTimer>().ToConstant(new X11HighResRenderTimer(60))
                 .Bind<IRenderLoop>().ToConstant(new RenderLoop())
                 .Bind<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>().ToConstant(new PlatformHotkeyConfiguration(InputModifiers.Control))
                 .Bind<IKeyboardDevice>().ToFunc(() => KeyboardDevice)
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
                 .Bind<IPlatformIconLoader>().ToConstant(new X11IconLoader(Info))
                 .Bind<ISystemDialogImpl>().ToConstant(new GtkSystemDialog())
                 .Bind<IMountedVolumeInfoProvider>().ToConstant(new LinuxMountedVolumeInfoProvider());
-            
+
             X11Screens = Avalonia.X11.X11Screens.Init(this);
             Screens = new X11Screens(X11Screens);
             if (Info.XInputVersion != null)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.X11
                     GlxGlPlatformFeature.TryInitialize(Info);
             }
 
-            
+
         }
 
         public IntPtr DeferredDisplay { get; set; }