diff --git a/adb/adb_client.cpp b/adb/adb_client.cpp
index 1291364fd..0b1ba32be 100644
--- a/adb/adb_client.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_client.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <chrono>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "adb_io.h"
 #include "adb_utils.h"
 #include "socket_spec.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 
 static TransportType __adb_transport = kTransportAny;
 static const char* __adb_serial = NULL;
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int adb_connect(const std::string& service, std::string* error) {
             fprintf(stdout,"* daemon started successfully *\n");
         }
         // Give the server some time to start properly and detect devices.
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(3s);
         // fall through to _adb_connect
     } else {
         // If a server is already running, check its version matches.
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int adb_connect(const std::string& service, std::string* error) {
             }
 
             /* XXX can we better detect its death? */
-            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(2s);
             goto start_server;
         }
     }
diff --git a/adb/adb_io.cpp b/adb/adb_io.cpp
index fe2ece50e..ca8729eb1 100644
--- a/adb/adb_io.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_io.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
diff --git a/adb/commandline.cpp b/adb/commandline.cpp
index 87c5cfb18..a064de27f 100644
--- a/adb/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/commandline.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "file_sync_service.h"
 #include "services.h"
 #include "shell_service.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 
 static int install_app(TransportType t, const char* serial, int argc, const char** argv);
 static int install_multiple_app(TransportType t, const char* serial, int argc, const char** argv);
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static bool adb_root(const char* command) {
 
     // Give adbd some time to kill itself and come back up.
     // We can't use wait-for-device because devices (e.g. adb over network) might not come back.
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(3s);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/adb/socket_test.cpp b/adb/socket_test.cpp
index b6aff54e5..f56f7f790 100644
--- a/adb/socket_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/socket_test.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <array>
-#include <chrono>
 #include <limits>
 #include <queue>
 #include <string>
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "fdevent_test.h"
 #include "socket.h"
 #include "sysdeps.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 
 struct ThreadArg {
     int first_read_fd;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void FdEventThreadFunc(void*) {
     fdevent_loop();
 }
 
-constexpr auto SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT = std::chrono::milliseconds(100);
+constexpr auto SLEEP_FOR_FDEVENT = 100ms;
 
 TEST_F(LocalSocketTest, smoke) {
     // Join two socketpairs with a chain of intermediate socketpairs.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void ClientThreadFunc() {
     std::string error;
     int fd = network_loopback_client(5038, SOCK_STREAM, &error);
     ASSERT_GE(fd, 0) << error;
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(200ms);
     ASSERT_EQ(0, adb_close(fd));
 }
 
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/chrono.h b/adb/sysdeps/chrono.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c73a638ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/chrono.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <chrono>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+// We don't have C++14 on Windows yet.
+// Reimplement std::chrono_literals ourselves until we do.
+
+// Silence the following warning (which gets promoted to an error):
+// error: literal operator suffixes not preceded by ‘_’ are reserved for future standardization
+#pragma GCC system_header
+
+constexpr std::chrono::seconds operator"" s(unsigned long long s) {
+    return std::chrono::seconds(s);
+}
+
+constexpr std::chrono::duration<long double> operator"" s(long double s) {
+    return std::chrono::duration<long double>(s);
+}
+
+constexpr std::chrono::milliseconds operator"" ms(unsigned long long ms) {
+    return std::chrono::milliseconds(ms);
+}
+
+constexpr std::chrono::duration<long double, std::milli> operator"" ms(long double ms) {
+    return std::chrono::duration<long double, std::milli>(ms);
+}
+#else
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+#endif
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
index 9491952ea..9007e75f3 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_test.cpp
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
-#include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "adb_io.h"
 #include "sysdeps.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 
 static void increment_atomic_int(void* c) {
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
     reinterpret_cast<std::atomic<int>*>(c)->fetch_add(1);
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ TEST(sysdeps_thread, smoke) {
         ASSERT_TRUE(adb_thread_create(increment_atomic_int, &counter));
     }
 
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(2s);
     ASSERT_EQ(100, counter.load());
 }
 
@@ -258,15 +258,15 @@ TEST(sysdeps_mutex, mutex_smoke) {
         ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
         m.lock();
         finished.store(true);
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(200ms);
         m.unlock();
     }, nullptr);
 
     ASSERT_FALSE(finished.load());
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
     ASSERT_FALSE(finished.load());
     m.unlock();
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
     m.lock();
     ASSERT_TRUE(finished.load());
     m.unlock();
@@ -282,13 +282,13 @@ TEST(sysdeps_mutex, recursive_mutex_smoke) {
     adb_thread_create([](void*) {
         ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
         m.lock();
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(500ms);
         m.unlock();
     }, nullptr);
 
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
     m.unlock();
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(100ms);
     ASSERT_FALSE(m.try_lock());
     m.lock();
     m.unlock();
diff --git a/adb/transport_local.cpp b/adb/transport_local.cpp
index 92010c0e0..c17f86914 100644
--- a/adb/transport_local.cpp
+++ b/adb/transport_local.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#include <chrono>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "adb.h"
 #include "adb_io.h"
 #include "adb_utils.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 
 #if ADB_HOST
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void PollAllLocalPortsForEmulator() {
 
 // Retry the disconnected local port for 60 times, and sleep 1 second between two retries.
 constexpr uint32_t LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_COUNT = 60;
-constexpr auto LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL = std::chrono::seconds(1);
+constexpr auto LOCAL_PORT_RETRY_INTERVAL = 1s;
 
 struct RetryPort {
     int port;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static void server_socket_thread(void* arg) {
             serverfd = network_inaddr_any_server(port, SOCK_STREAM, &error);
             if(serverfd < 0) {
                 D("server: cannot bind socket yet: %s", error.c_str());
-                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+                std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
                 continue;
             }
             close_on_exec(serverfd);
diff --git a/adb/usb_windows.cpp b/adb/usb_windows.cpp
index 136453773..640e91ec3 100644
--- a/adb/usb_windows.cpp
+++ b/adb/usb_windows.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <android-base/errors.h>
 
 #include "adb.h"
+#include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
 /** Structure usb_handle describes our connection to the usb device via
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ void device_poll_thread(void*) {
 
   while (true) {
     find_devices();
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
   }
 }