diff --git a/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts b/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
index 020705f664..d292944e49 100644
--- a/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
+++ b/src/room/track/LocalAudioTrack.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ export default class LocalAudioTrack extends LocalTrack<Track.Kind.Audio> {
     this.monitorInterval = setInterval(() => {
       this.monitorSender();
     }, monitorFrequency);
+
+    this.registerTimeSyncUpdate();
   }
 
   protected monitorSender = async () => {
diff --git a/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts b/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
index be93ebb305..9aacb383ea 100644
--- a/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
+++ b/src/room/track/LocalTrack.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export default abstract class LocalTrack<
 
   protected manuallyStopped: boolean = false;
 
+  protected lastTimeSyncUpdate = 0;
+
   private restartLock: Mutex;
 
   /**
@@ -541,5 +543,23 @@ export default abstract class LocalTrack<
     this.emit(TrackEvent.TrackProcessorUpdate);
   }
 
+  protected registerTimeSyncUpdate() {
+    const loop = () => {
+      this.timeSyncHandle = requestAnimationFrame(() => loop());
+      // for local tracks we don't have access to appropriate timestamps on the sender reports so we generate them manually by following
+      // how the spec computes timestamps as part of "contributing sources" https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc/#dom-rtcrtpcontributingsource-timestamp
+      const timestamp = performance.timeOrigin + performance.now();
+
+      if (!this.isMuted && timestamp - this.lastTimeSyncUpdate > 100) {
+        this.emit(TrackEvent.TimeSyncUpdate, {
+          timestamp,
+          rtpTimestamp: 0,
+        });
+        this.lastTimeSyncUpdate = timestamp;
+      }
+    };
+    loop();
+  }
+
   protected abstract monitorSender(): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/room/track/LocalVideoTrack.ts b/src/room/track/LocalVideoTrack.ts
index 6546daca6e..837d3c5b79 100644
--- a/src/room/track/LocalVideoTrack.ts
+++ b/src/room/track/LocalVideoTrack.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ export default class LocalVideoTrack extends LocalTrack<Track.Kind.Video> {
     this.monitorInterval = setInterval(() => {
       this.monitorSender();
     }, monitorFrequency);
+
+    this.registerTimeSyncUpdate();
   }
 
   stop() {