diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1360662..93278b5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([compress], [z], , [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find zlib.])])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_addr], [nsl])
 
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt])
+
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(m4_normalize([
   fcntl.h
@@ -256,8 +258,6 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(m4_normalize([
   pledge
   ]))
 
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt], [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME], [1], [Define if clock_gettime is available.])])
-
 # Start by trying to find the needed tinfo parts by pkg-config
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([TINFO], [tinfo],
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CURSES_H], [1], [Define to 1 if <curses.h> is present])],
@@ -404,6 +404,15 @@ public:
   [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 AC_LANG_POP(C++)
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether clock_gettime() is supported])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <time.h>
+struct timespec ts;
+]], [[return clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);]])],
+  [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME], [1],
+     [Define if clock_gettime() is available.])
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+
 AC_CHECK_DECL([mach_absolute_time],
   [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME], [1],
      [Define if mach_absolute_time is available.])],