diff --git a/evdns.c b/evdns.c
index 085ffa62..b61d0f2f 100644
--- a/evdns.c
+++ b/evdns.c
@@ -799,7 +799,11 @@ transaction_id_pick(void) {
 #ifdef DNS_USE_CPU_CLOCK_FOR_ID
 		struct timespec ts;
 		u16 trans_id;
-		if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+		if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == -1)
+#else
+		if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1)
+#endif
 			event_err(1, "clock_gettime");
                 trans_id = ts.tv_nsec & 0xffff;
 #endif
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index b5bda5c4..864d4d26 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -149,8 +149,12 @@ gettime(struct timeval *tp)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 	struct timespec	ts;
-	
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC      
 	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == -1)
+#else
+	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1)
+#endif
 		return (-1);
 	tp->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
 	tp->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;