diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.cc b/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.cc
index cebb002ed..4f04efd13 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.cc
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ timerfd_tracker::gettime (struct itimerspec *curr_value)
       next_relative_exp -= curr_value->it_value.tv_sec * NS100PERSEC;
       curr_value->it_value.tv_nsec = next_relative_exp
 				     * (NSPERSEC / NS100PERSEC);
+      curr_value->it_interval = time_spec ().it_interval;
       leave_critical_section ();
       ret = 0;
     }
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.h b/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.h
index cebd1d9eb..e314579b0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/timerfd.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class timerfd_tracker		/* cygheap! */
 
   clock_t get_clockid () const { return tfd_shared->_clockid; }
   LONG64 get_clock_now () const { return tfd_shared->get_clock_now (); }
+  struct itimerspec &time_spec () { return tfd_shared->time_spec (); }
   LONG64 get_exp_ts () const { return tfd_shared->_exp_ts; }
   LONG64 get_interval () const { return tfd_shared->_interval; }
   int flags () const { return tfd_shared->flags (); }