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diff --git a/rts/Timer.c b/rts/Timer.c
index 0bfea2d6fd..4b13be4556 100644
--- a/rts/Timer.c
+++ b/rts/Timer.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include "Timer.h"
#include "Ticker.h"
#include "Capability.h"
+#include "RtsSignals.h"
/* ticks left before next pre-emptive context switch */
static int ticks_to_ctxt_switch = 0;
@@ -71,12 +72,19 @@ handle_tick(int unused STG_UNUSED)
blackholes_need_checking = rtsTrue;
/* hack: re-use the blackholes_need_checking flag */
+#if !defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
+ // This forces the IO Manager thread to wakeup, which will
+ // in turn ensure that some OS thread wakes up and runs the
+ // scheduler loop, which will cause a GC and deadlock check.
+ ioManagerWakeup();
+#else
/* ToDo: this doesn't work. Can't invoke
* pthread_cond_signal from a signal handler.
* Furthermore, we can't prod a capability that we
* might be holding. What can we do?
*/
prodOneCapability();
+#endif
}
break;
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