1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 5aa30098f0..d2a2556494 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ char *strrchr _((const char*,const char));
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <time.h>
+
 #ifdef __BEOS__
 #include <net/socket.h>
 #endif
@@ -10363,6 +10365,13 @@ static double
 timeofday()
 {
     struct timeval tv;
+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+    struct timespec tp;
+
+    if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp) == 0) {
+	return (double)tp.tv_sec + (double)tp.tv_nsec * 1e-9;
+    }
+#endif
     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
     return (double)tv.tv_sec + (double)tv.tv_usec * 1e-6;
 }