diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50b99c54..334b9187 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ the same Mac; guest SSH authentication is still required.
 
 ### Touch ID for sudo
 
+Guest clock recovery handles time lost during Mac sleep so fresh signed
+approvals remain usable after wake. Existing VMs need the
+[guest clock recovery installer](docs/guest-clock-recovery.md).
+
 The native authentication bridge can enroll this Mac and use
 Touch ID as a sufficient authentication method for guest `sudo`. Open
 **Omarchy Menu → Setup → Security → Touch ID for sudo**, or run:
diff --git a/docs/guest-clock-recovery.md b/docs/guest-clock-recovery.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98b6dd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/guest-clock-recovery.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Guest clock recovery after Mac sleep
+
+A host sleep can pause guest execution without advancing Linux's system clock by
+all the elapsed wall time. The virtual PL031 hardware clock can remain correct
+while `timedatectl` still reports `NTPSynchronized=yes` from an earlier successful
+network synchronization. Signed Touch ID approvals then appear to come from the
+future and are correctly rejected. Network timers and other applications can
+also be affected.
+
+The guest clock recovery timer checks every ten seconds of guest runtime, with
+one second of timer accuracy allowance. On a normally scheduled guest this gives
+recovery shortly after wake; it is not an instantaneous host wake notification.
+The service also runs shortly after guest boot.
+
+The helper only acts with the Try Omarchy kernel marker and the expected PL031
+RTC. It reads the RTC through sysfs and advances system time only when it is more
+than five seconds behind. Whole-second RTC precision and slow samples are
+accounted for; samples taking over two seconds are rejected. It never writes to
+the RTC or moves system time backward. Small offsets and backward corrections
+remain the responsibility of network time synchronization. Following a forward
+step, it requests a restart of the already-running time-sync service.
+
+This relies on the VM's virtual hardware clock tracking host time. It does not
+establish an independent trusted time source if the Mac clock is wrong. No
+network service, authentication approval, or guest application supplies the
+correction. The helper runs as root with only `CAP_SYS_TIME` retained. Signed
+approval verification and expiry windows are unchanged.
+
+## Existing guests
+
+App updates do not install new services inside an existing VM. Copy this checkout
+into the guest and run:
+
+```sh
+sudo guest/scripts/install-clock-recovery.sh
+```
+
+If clock drift is already preventing Touch ID sudo approval, use the guest
+password fallback for this installation. The installer immediately runs recovery,
+enables the timer for later boots, and retains replaced files under
+`/var/lib/try-omarchy/clock-recovery-backup.*`. It does not modify PAM or enrollment.
+
+Check the result with:
+
+```sh
+date
+timedatectl show -p TimeUSec -p RTCTimeUSec -p NTPSynchronized
+systemctl status try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
+journalctl -u try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service -b
+```
+
+After a real Mac sleep/wake cycle, compare system time with the hardware clock
+again, allow a timer interval, and test Touch ID authentication. A successful
+fingerprint read alone does not prove the guest accepted the signed approval.
+
+To disable only this recovery mechanism:
+
+```sh
+sudo systemctl disable --now try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
+```
+
+Network time synchronization remains enabled.
diff --git a/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service b/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dccf5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Recover Try Omarchy guest time after host sleep
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=omarchy.qemu_virgl=1
+ConditionPathExists=/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch
+After=systemd-timesyncd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover
+TimeoutStartSec=10
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_TIME
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
diff --git a/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer b/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e06bf742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/native-overlay/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Check Try Omarchy guest clock for host sleep drift
+
+[Timer]
+OnBootSec=5s
+OnUnitInactiveSec=10s
+AccuracySec=1s
+Unit=try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/guest/native-overlay/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover b/guest/native-overlay/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ebfd34bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/native-overlay/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3 -I
+"""Recover guest wall-clock time lost while the Mac paused QEMU."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+RTC = Path("/sys/class/rtc/rtc0")
+MAX_SAMPLE_SECONDS = 2
+FORWARD_GAP_SECONDS = 5
+
+
+def recover():
+    if os.geteuid() != 0:
+        raise PermissionError("clock recovery requires root")
+    if "omarchy.qemu_virgl=1" not in Path("/proc/cmdline").read_text().split():
+        return False
+    if not (RTC / "name").read_text().startswith("rtc-pl031 "):
+        return False
+
+    start = time.monotonic()
+    rtc_seconds = int((RTC / "since_epoch").read_text().strip())
+    wall_seconds = time.time()
+    elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+    if rtc_seconds <= 0 or not 0 <= elapsed <= MAX_SAMPLE_SECONDS:
+        raise ValueError("unusable virtual RTC sample")
+    gap = rtc_seconds - wall_seconds
+    if gap <= FORWARD_GAP_SECONDS:
+        return False
+
+    # The RTC has whole-second precision. Never write the lagging system time
+    # back to it; it is the independent host-time reference across a VM pause.
+    time.clock_settime(time.CLOCK_REALTIME, rtc_seconds + elapsed)
+    print(f"Recovered guest clock forward by approximately {gap:.0f} seconds.", flush=True)
+    subprocess.run(["/usr/bin/systemctl", "--no-block", "try-restart",
+                    "systemd-timesyncd.service"], check=True, timeout=5)
+    return True
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        recover()
+        return 0
+    except (OSError, ValueError, subprocess.SubprocessError) as error:
+        print(f"Guest clock recovery failed: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh b/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
index 013beae2..3fc9af43 100755
--- a/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
+++ b/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ passwd --lock root >/dev/null
 systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
 systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service
 systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service
+systemctl enable try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
 
 # Avoid a systemctl introspection path that crashes under some ARM container
 # runtimes after it has already written the link.
diff --git a/guest/scripts/install-clock-recovery.sh b/guest/scripts/install-clock-recovery.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..72c517ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/scripts/install-clock-recovery.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+(( $# == 0 )) || { echo 'Usage: sudo guest/scripts/install-clock-recovery.sh' >&2; exit 64; }
+(( EUID == 0 )) || { echo 'Run this installer with sudo.' >&2; exit 1; }
+source_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../native-overlay" && pwd)
+helper=/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover
+service=/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service
+timer=/usr/lib/systemd/system/try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
+for file in "$helper" "$service" "$timer"; do
+  [[ -f $source_dir$file && ! -L $source_dir$file && ! -L $file ]] || {
+    echo "Unsafe or missing installation path: $file" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+done
+install -d -m 0755 /var/lib/try-omarchy /usr/local/lib/try-omarchy
+backup=$(mktemp -d /var/lib/try-omarchy/clock-recovery-backup.XXXXXXXX)
+for file in "$helper" "$service" "$timer"; do
+  if [[ -f $file ]]; then cp -p "$file" "$backup/$(basename "$file")"; fi
+done
+install -o root -g root -m 0755 "$source_dir$helper" "$helper"
+install -o root -g root -m 0644 "$source_dir$service" "$service"
+install -o root -g root -m 0644 "$source_dir$timer" "$timer"
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl enable --now systemd-timesyncd.service
+systemctl start try-omarchy-clock-recovery.service
+systemctl enable --now try-omarchy-clock-recovery.timer
+printf 'Guest clock recovery enabled. Previous files retained in %s\n' "$backup"
diff --git a/guest/tests/test_guest_clock_recovery.py b/guest/tests/test_guest_clock_recovery.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e2d3c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guest/tests/test_guest_clock_recovery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
+from pathlib import Path
+import unittest
+from unittest import mock
+
+HELPER = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / 'native-overlay/usr/local/lib/try-omarchy/guest-clock-recover'
+clock = SourceFileLoader('guest_clock_recover', str(HELPER)).load_module()
+
+
+class ClockRecoveryTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.files = {'/proc/cmdline': 'root=/dev/vda omarchy.qemu_virgl=1',
+                      '/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/name': 'rtc-pl031 9010000.pl031\n',
+                      '/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch': '1789044748\n'}
+        def patch(target, **kwargs):
+            p = mock.patch(target, **kwargs)
+            result = p.start()
+            self.addCleanup(p.stop)
+            return result
+        patch('os.geteuid', return_value=0)
+        patch('pathlib.Path.read_text', autospec=True,
+              side_effect=lambda p: self.files[str(p)])
+        self.wall = patch('time.time', return_value=1789044748)
+        self.monotonic = patch('time.monotonic', side_effect=[100, 100.1])
+        self.step = patch('time.clock_settime', create=True)
+        self.restart = patch('subprocess.run')
+        if not hasattr(clock.time, 'CLOCK_REALTIME'):
+            p = mock.patch.object(clock.time, 'CLOCK_REALTIME', 0, create=True)
+            p.start(); self.addCleanup(p.stop)
+
+    def test_overnight_pause_recovers_even_without_network_time(self):
+        self.wall.return_value -= 7 * 3600 + 22 * 60
+        self.assertTrue(clock.recover())
+        self.step.assert_called_once_with(clock.time.CLOCK_REALTIME, 1789044748.1)
+        self.restart.assert_called_once_with(
+            ['/usr/bin/systemctl', '--no-block', 'try-restart', 'systemd-timesyncd.service'],
+            check=True, timeout=5)
+
+    def test_small_drift_and_backward_corrections_are_left_to_ntp(self):
+        for offset in [-3600, -1, 0, 1, 5]:
+            with self.subTest(offset=offset):
+                self.wall.return_value = 1789044748 - offset
+                self.monotonic.side_effect = [100, 100.1]
+                self.assertFalse(clock.recover())
+        self.step.assert_not_called()
+        self.restart.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_wrong_guest_and_wrong_rtc_do_not_change_time(self):
+        for path, value in [('/proc/cmdline', 'root=/dev/vda'),
+                            ('/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/name', 'unrelated-clock')]:
+            with self.subTest(path=path), mock.patch.dict(self.files, {path: value}):
+                self.assertFalse(clock.recover())
+        self.step.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_slow_sample_is_rejected_instead_of_applying_stale_time(self):
+        self.wall.return_value -= 3600
+        self.monotonic.side_effect = [100, 104]
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            clock.recover()
+        self.step.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_bad_rtc_data_does_not_change_time(self):
+        self.files['/sys/class/rtc/rtc0/since_epoch'] = 'invalid'
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            clock.recover()
+        self.step.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_failed_clock_set_does_not_report_success_or_restart_ntp(self):
+        self.wall.return_value -= 3600
+        self.step.side_effect = PermissionError('clock denied')
+        self.assertEqual(clock.main(), 1)
+        self.restart.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_unprivileged_invocation_is_rejected(self):
+        with mock.patch('os.geteuid', return_value=1000):
+            self.assertEqual(clock.main(), 1)
+        self.step.assert_not_called()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()