diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 5373fe34b..1fb6fd69f 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Only build C binary/library for Perl unit/integration tests.</p>
                     </release-item>
+
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Sync time to prevent build failures when running on VirtualBox.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-development-list>
             </release-test-list>
         </release>
diff --git a/test/test.pl b/test/test.pl
index 954899938..6e91c7e2a 100755
--- a/test/test.pl
+++ b/test/test.pl
@@ -330,6 +330,14 @@ eval
     ################################################################################################################################
     if (!defined($iVmId))
     {
+        # Sync time to prevent build failures when running on VirtualBox.
+        my $strVBoxService = '/usr/sbin/VBoxService';
+
+        if ($oStorageTest->exists($strVBoxService))
+        {
+            executeTest("sudo ${strVBoxService} --timesync-set-start");
+        }
+
         # Build CI configuration
         if (!$bNoCiConfig)
         {