diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e25e427..450805b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "data-structures", "cryptography"]
 default = ["alloc"]
 alloc = []
 std = ["alloc"]
+wasm-bindgen = ["time/wasm-bindgen"]
+
+[dependencies]
+time = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c725880..c1750b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -514,11 +514,20 @@ impl UnixTime {
     /// The current time, as a `UnixTime`
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub fn now() -> Self {
-        Self::since_unix_epoch(
-            SystemTime::now()
-                .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-                .unwrap(), // Safe: this code did not exist before 1970.
-        )
+        #[cfg(feature = "wasm-bindgen")] {
+            Self::since_unix_epoch(
+                Duration::from_secs(time::OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp() as u64),
+            )
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "wasm-bindgen"))]
+        {
+            Self::since_unix_epoch(
+                SystemTime::now()
+                    .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
+                    .unwrap(), // Safe: this code did not exist before 1970.
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     /// Convert a `Duration` since the start of 1970 to a `UnixTime`