diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 600c3569..0b5e48c6 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ if libui_OS == 'windows'
 	]
 	if libui_mode != 'static'
 		libui_test_deps += [
-			# for QueryPerformanceCounter()/QueryPerformanceFrequency()
 			meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('kernel32',
 				required: true),
+			meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('user32',
+				required: true),
 		]
 	endif
 endif
diff --git a/test/testing_windows.c b/test/testing_windows.c
index 009b32e3..c8265cad 100644
--- a/test/testing_windows.c
+++ b/test/testing_windows.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #define _WIN32_IE			0x0700
 #define NTDDI_VERSION		0x06000000
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <process.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "testing.h"
@@ -65,3 +69,191 @@ int64_t testingTimerNsec(testingTimer *t)
 
 	return sec + subsec;
 }
+
+static jmp_buf timeout_ret;
+
+static void onTimeout(void)
+{
+	longjmp(timeout_ret, 1);
+}
+
+static HANDLE timeout_timer;
+static HANDLE timeout_finished;
+static HANDLE timeout_targetThread;
+static HRESULT timeout_hr;
+
+static void setContextForGet(CONTEXT *ctx)
+{
+	ZeroMemory(ctx, sizeof (CONTEXT));
+	ctx->ContextFlags = CONTEXT_CONTROL;
+}
+
+static void setContextForSet(CONTEXT *ctx)
+{
+#if defined(_AMD64_)
+	ctx->Rip = (DWORD64) onTimeout;
+#elif defined(_ARM_)
+	ctx->Pc = (DWORD) onTimeout;
+#elif defined(_X86_)
+	ctx->Eip = (DWORD) onTimeout;
+#elif defined(_IA64_)
+	// TODO verify that this is correct
+	ctx->StIIP = (ULONGLONG) onTimeout;
+// TODO arm64 (I need to get the headers for this)
+#else
+#error unknown CPU architecture; cannot create CONTEXT objects for CPU-specific Windows test code
+#endif
+}
+
+static unsigned __stdcall timerThreadProc(void *data)
+{
+	HANDLE objects[2];
+	CONTEXT ctx;
+	DWORD ret;
+	DWORD lastError;
+
+	objects[0] = timeout_timer;
+	objects[1] = timeout_finished;
+	timeout_hr = S_OK;
+	SetLastError(0);
+	ret = WaitForMultipleObjectsEx(2, objects,
+		FALSE, INFINITE, FALSE);
+	if (ret == WAIT_FAILED) {
+		lastError = GetLastError();
+		timeout_hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			timeout_hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		ret = WAIT_OBJECT_0;
+	}
+	if (ret == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1)
+		// we succeeded; do nothing
+		return 0;
+
+	// we timed out (or there was an error); signal it
+	// TODO check errors
+	SuspendThread(timeout_targetThread);
+	setContextForGet(&ctx);
+	GetThreadContext(timeout_targetThread, &ctx);
+	setContextForSet(&ctx);
+	SetThreadContext(timeout_targetThread, &ctx);
+	// and force the thread to return from GetMessage(), if we are indeed in that
+	PostThreadMessage(GetThreadId(timeout_targetThread), WM_NULL, 0, 0);
+	ResumeThread(timeout_targetThread);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void testingprivRunWithTimeout(testingT *t, const char *file, long line, int64_t timeout, void (*f)(testingT *t, void *data), void *data, const char *comment, int failNowOnError)
+{
+	char *timeoutstr;
+	int closeTargetThread = 0;
+	uintptr_t timerThread = 0;
+	LARGE_INTEGER timer;
+	BOOL ret;
+	DWORD lastError;
+	HRESULT hr;
+
+	timeoutstr = testingNsecString(timeout);
+
+	SetLastError(0);
+	ret = DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), GetCurrentThread(),
+		GetCurrentProcess(), &timeout_targetThread,
+		0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		lastError = GetLastError();
+		hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error getting current thread for %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	closeTargetThread = 1;
+
+	SetLastError(0);
+	timeout_timer = CreateWaitableTimerW(NULL, TRUE, NULL);
+	if (timeout_timer == NULL) {
+		lastError = GetLastError();
+		hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error creating timer for %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	SetLastError(0);
+	timeout_finished = CreateEventW(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
+	if (timeout_finished == NULL) {
+		lastError = GetLastError();
+		hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error creating finished event for %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	SetLastError(0);
+	timer.QuadPart = timeout / 100;
+	timer.QuadPart = -timer.QuadPart;
+	ret = SetWaitableTimer(timeout_timer, &timer, 0, NULL, NULL, FALSE);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		lastError = (DWORD) _doserrno;
+		hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error applying %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	// _doserrno is the equivalent of GetLastError(), or at least that's how _beginthreadex() uses it.
+	_doserrno = 0;
+	// don't start the thread until after we call setjmp()
+	timerThread = _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, timerThreadProc, NULL, CREATE_SUSPENDED, NULL);
+	if (timerThread == 0) {
+		lastError = (DWORD) _doserrno;
+		hr = E_FAIL;
+		if (lastError != 0)
+			hr = HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(lastError);
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error creating timer thread for %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (setjmp(timeout_ret) == 0) {
+		// TODO check error
+		ResumeThread((HANDLE) timerThread);
+		(*f)(t, data);
+		failNowOnError = 0;		// we succeeded
+	} else if (timeout_hr == S_OK) {
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "%s timeout passed (%s)", comment, timeoutstr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+	} else {
+		testingprivTLogfFull(t, file, line, "error running timer thread for %s timeout: 0x%08I32X", comment, timeout_hr);
+		testingTFail(t);
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (timerThread != 0) {
+		// TODO check errors
+		SetEvent(timeout_finished);
+		WaitForSingleObject((HANDLE) timerThread, INFINITE);
+		// TODO end check errors
+		CloseHandle((HANDLE) timerThread);
+	}
+	if (timeout_finished != NULL) {
+		CloseHandle(timeout_finished);
+		timeout_finished = NULL;
+	}
+	if (timeout_timer != NULL) {
+		CloseHandle(timeout_timer);
+		timeout_timer = NULL;
+	}
+	if (closeTargetThread)
+		CloseHandle(timeout_targetThread);
+	timeout_targetThread = NULL;
+	testingFreeNsecString(timeoutstr);
+	if (failNowOnError)
+		testingTFailNow(t);
+}