diff --git a/include/pybind11/chrono.h b/include/pybind11/chrono.h
index 167ea0e3d..b17f29d43 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/chrono.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/chrono.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public:
     PYBIND11_TYPE_CASTER(type, const_name("datetime.timedelta"));
 };
 
-inline std::tm *localtime_thread_safe(const std::time_t *time, std::tm *buf) {
+inline std::tm *gmtime_thread_safe(const std::time_t *time, std::tm *buf) {
 #if (defined(__STDC_LIB_EXT1__) && defined(__STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__)) || defined(_MSC_VER)
     if (localtime_s(buf, time))
         return nullptr;
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ inline std::tm *localtime_thread_safe(const std::time_t *time, std::tm *buf) {
 #else
     static std::mutex mtx;
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
-    std::tm *tm_ptr = std::localtime(time);
+    std::tm *tm_ptr = std::gmtime(time);
     if (tm_ptr != nullptr) {
         *buf = *tm_ptr;
     }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public:
             return false;
         }
 
-        value = time_point_cast<Duration>(system_clock::from_time_t(std::mktime(&cal)) + msecs);
+        value = time_point_cast<Duration>(system_clock::from_time_t(timegm(&cal)) + msecs);
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -194,17 +194,17 @@ public:
         std::time_t tt
             = system_clock::to_time_t(time_point_cast<system_clock::duration>(src - us));
 
-        std::tm localtime;
-        std::tm *localtime_ptr = localtime_thread_safe(&tt, &localtime);
-        if (!localtime_ptr) {
-            throw cast_error("Unable to represent system_clock in local time");
+        std::tm gmtime;
+        std::tm *gmtime_ptr = gmtime_thread_safe(&tt, &gmtime);
+        if (!gmtime_ptr) {
+            throw cast_error("Unable to represent system_clock in GMT time");
         }
-        return PyDateTime_FromDateAndTime(localtime.tm_year + 1900,
-                                          localtime.tm_mon + 1,
-                                          localtime.tm_mday,
-                                          localtime.tm_hour,
-                                          localtime.tm_min,
-                                          localtime.tm_sec,
+        return PyDateTime_FromDateAndTime(gmtime.tm_year + 1900,
+                                          gmtime.tm_mon + 1,
+                                          gmtime.tm_mday,
+                                          gmtime.tm_hour,
+                                          gmtime.tm_min,
+                                          gmtime.tm_sec,
                                           us.count());
     }
     PYBIND11_TYPE_CASTER(type, const_name("datetime.datetime"));
diff --git a/tests/test_chrono.py b/tests/test_chrono.py
index 7f47b37a2..87366782f 100644
--- a/tests/test_chrono.py
+++ b/tests/test_chrono.py
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ def test_chrono_system_clock_roundtrip_date():
     assert time2.microsecond == 0
 
 
+def test_chrono_system_clock_roundtrip_daylight_savings():
+    # naive datetime - AEDST clock will change
+    datetime1 = datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 3, 2, 18, 46, 677734) 
+
+    # Roundtrip the time
+    datetime2 = m.test_chrono2(datetime1)
+
+    assert datetime2.hour == datetime1.hour
+
+
 SKIP_TZ_ENV_ON_WIN = pytest.mark.skipif(
     "env.WIN", reason="TZ environment variable only supported on POSIX"
 )