diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 080003e10d..74c4a7abbb 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import com.typesafe.tools.mima.core._
 import com.github.sbt.git.SbtGit.GitKeys._
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions
-import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxOptions
+import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.{FirefoxOptions, FirefoxProfile}
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.nodejs.NodeJSEnv
 import org.scalajs.jsenv.selenium.SeleniumJSEnv
 import sbtcrossproject.CrossProject
@@ -224,7 +224,10 @@ ThisBuild / jsEnv := {
   useJSEnv.value match {
     case NodeJS => new NodeJSEnv(NodeJSEnv.Config().withSourceMap(true))
     case Firefox =>
+      val profile = new FirefoxProfile()
+      profile.setPreference("privacy.reduceTimerPrecision", false)
       val options = new FirefoxOptions()
+      options.setProfile(profile)
       options.setHeadless(true)
       new SeleniumJSEnv(options)
     case Chrome =>
diff --git a/core/js/src/main/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerCompanionPlatform.scala b/core/js/src/main/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerCompanionPlatform.scala
index 53fdfd9025..9ddf2342e2 100644
--- a/core/js/src/main/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerCompanionPlatform.scala
+++ b/core/js/src/main/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerCompanionPlatform.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 package cats.effect.unsafe
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.scalajs.js
 import scala.scalajs.js.timers
+import scala.util.Try
 
 private[unsafe] abstract class SchedulerCompanionPlatform { this: Scheduler.type =>
   private[this] val maxTimeout = Int.MaxValue.millis
@@ -38,8 +40,37 @@ private[unsafe] abstract class SchedulerCompanionPlatform { this: Scheduler.type
 
         def nowMillis() = System.currentTimeMillis()
         def monotonicNanos() = System.nanoTime()
-        override def nowMicros(): Long = nowMillis() * 1000
+        override def nowMicros(): Long = nowMicrosImpl()
       },
       () => ())
 
+  private[this] val nowMicrosImpl: () => Long = {
+    def test(performance: Performance) = {
+      // take it for a spin
+      !(performance.timeOrigin + performance.now()).isNaN
+    }
+
+    def browsers =
+      Try(js.Dynamic.global.performance.asInstanceOf[js.UndefOr[Performance]])
+        .toOption
+        .flatMap(_.toOption)
+        .filter(test)
+    def nodeJS =
+      Try(
+        js.Dynamic
+          .global
+          .require("perf_hooks")
+          .performance
+          .asInstanceOf[js.UndefOr[Performance]]).toOption.flatMap(_.toOption).filter(test)
+
+    browsers.orElse(nodeJS).map { performance => () =>
+      ((performance.timeOrigin + performance.now()) * 1000).toLong
+    } getOrElse { () => System.currentTimeMillis() * 1000 }
+  }
+}
+
+@js.native
+private trait Performance extends js.Any {
+  def timeOrigin: Double = js.native
+  def now(): Double = js.native
 }
diff --git a/project/CI.scala b/project/CI.scala
index 31c692da45..a8b578468b 100644
--- a/project/CI.scala
+++ b/project/CI.scala
@@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ object CI {
         command = "ciFirefox",
         rootProject = "rootJS",
         jsEnv = Some(JSEnv.Firefox),
-        testCommands =
-          List("testOnly *tracing*", "testOnly *.RandomSpec", "testOnly *.ConsoleJSSpec"),
+        testCommands = List(
+          "testOnly *tracing*",
+          "testOnly *.ConsoleJSSpec",
+          "testOnly *.RandomSpec",
+          "testOnly *.SchedulerSpec"
+        ),
         mimaReport = false,
         suffixCommands = List())
 
@@ -79,8 +83,12 @@ object CI {
         command = "ciChrome",
         rootProject = "rootJS",
         jsEnv = Some(JSEnv.Chrome),
-        testCommands =
-          List("testOnly *tracing*", "testOnly *.RandomSpec", "testOnly *.ConsoleJSSpec"),
+        testCommands = List(
+          "testOnly *tracing*",
+          "testOnly *.ConsoleJSSpec",
+          "testOnly *.RandomSpec",
+          "testOnly *.SchedulerSpec"
+        ),
         mimaReport = false,
         suffixCommands = List())
 
diff --git a/tests/js/src/test/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerSpec.scala b/tests/js/src/test/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerSpec.scala
index 878c26c85b..25a8b79f14 100644
--- a/tests/js/src/test/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerSpec.scala
+++ b/tests/js/src/test/scala/cats/effect/unsafe/SchedulerSpec.scala
@@ -26,9 +26,20 @@ class SchedulerSpec extends BaseSpec {
       // When the provided timeout in milliseconds overflows a signed 32-bit int, the implementation defaults to 1 millisecond
       IO.sleep(Long.MaxValue.nanos).race(IO.sleep(100.millis)) mustEqual Right(())
     }
-    "is using the correct max timeout" in real {
+    "use the correct max timeout" in real {
       IO.sleep(Int.MaxValue.millis).race(IO.sleep(100.millis)) mustEqual Right(())
     }
+    "use high-precision time" in real {
+      IO.realTime.product(IO.cede *> IO.realTime).map {
+        case (x, y) => (y - x).toMicros % 1000 should not(be_==(0L))
+      }
+    }
+    "correctly calculate real time" in real {
+      IO.realTime.product(IO(System.currentTimeMillis())).map {
+        case (realTime, currentTime) =>
+          (realTime.toMillis - currentTime) should be_<=(1L)
+      }
+    }
   }
 
 }