diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 346e83056d9f75..75e8aa76159373 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -3954,6 +3954,8 @@ int wmain(int argc, const wchar_t **wargv)
 
 	SetConsoleCtrlHandler(handle_ctrl_c, TRUE);
 
+	trace2_initialize_clock();
+
 	maybe_redirect_std_handles();
 	adjust_symlink_flags();
 	fsync_object_files = 1;