diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/windows/WindowsFileSystem.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/windows/WindowsFileSystem.java
index 30afecc1c2415f..bdabeacc8d1d9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/windows/WindowsFileSystem.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/windows/WindowsFileSystem.java
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ public long getLastModifiedTime() throws IOException {
           @Override
           public long getLastChangeTime() {
             // This is the best we can do with Java NIO...
-            return attributes.lastModifiedTime().toMillis();
+            return Math.max(attributes.lastModifiedTime().toMillis(),
+                attributes.creationTime().toMillis());
           }
 
           @Override