diff --git a/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/polybench.cc b/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/polybench.cc
index 1e8c16350d..88b5c3833a 100644
--- a/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/polybench.cc
+++ b/repos/hello_gpgpu/src/hello_gpgpu/polybench.cc
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define POLYBENCH_TIME 1
+#define POLYBENCH_CYCLE_ACCURATE_TIMER
 
 int polybench_papi_counters_threadid = POLYBENCH_THREAD_MONITOR;
 double polybench_program_total_flops = 0;