diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 5a87e37392..c215caf98c 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -6402,3 +6402,10 @@ Rom    27 Oct 2012
           
     samples\vboxwrapper\
         vboxwrapper.cpp
+
+Rom    27 Oct 2012
+    - VBOX: Increase elapsed_time if we were forced to sleep after executing the main loop
+    
+    samples\vboxwrapper\
+        vboxwrapper.cpp
+    
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diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
index f864960ac7..b1a9dcb8db 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         sleep_time = POLL_PERIOD - (stopwatch_endtime - stopwatch_time);
         if (sleep_time > 0) {
             boinc_sleep(sleep_time);
+            elapsed_time += sleep_time;
         }
     }