diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index ffe67706..48285b21 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -120,6 +120,31 @@ AC_DEFUN([BIRD_CHECK_MPLS_KERNEL],
   )
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([BIRD_CHECK_CLOCK],
+[
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [for $1],
+    [bird_cv_clock_$1],
+    [
+      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+	[
+	  AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+	    [
+	      #include <time.h>
+	    ],
+	    [
+	      struct timespec tv;
+	      clock_gettime($1, &tv);
+	    ]
+	  )
+	],
+	[bird_cv_clock_$1=yes],
+	[bird_cv_clock_$1=no]
+      )
+    ]
+  )
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([BIRD_CHECK_ANDROID_GLOB],
 [
   AC_CACHE_CHECK(
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 68e8b312..ae8c81f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ if test "$enable_mpls_kernel" != no ; then
   fi
 fi
 
+BIRD_CHECK_CLOCK(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+if test "$bird_cv_clock_CLOCK_MONOTONIC" != yes ; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([Monotonic clock not supported])
+fi
+
+BIRD_CHECK_CLOCK(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE)
+if test "$bird_cv_clock_CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE" != yes ; then
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE], [0], [Define to 1 if coarse clock is available])
+else
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE], [1], [Define to 1 if coarse clock is available])
+fi
+
 # temporarily removed "mrt" from all_protocols to speed up 3.0-alpha1 release
 all_protocols="aggregator bfd babel bgp l3vpn ospf pipe radv rip rpki static"
 all_protocols=`echo $all_protocols | sed 's/ /,/g'`
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c b/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
index 0ee5718d..ec8aa729 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/io-loop.c
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ static struct birdloop *birdloop_new_no_pickup(pool *pp, uint order, const char
  *	BIRD for such a long time, please implement some means of overflow prevention.
  */
 
+#if ! HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE
+#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#endif
+
 static struct timespec ns_begin;
 
 static void ns_init(void)
 {
-  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ns_begin))
+  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, &ns_begin))
     bug("clock_gettime: %m");
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ static void ns_init(void)
 u64 ns_now(void)
 {
   struct timespec ts;
-  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))
+  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, &ts))
     bug("clock_gettime: %m");
 
   return (u64) (ts.tv_sec - ns_begin.tv_sec) * NSEC_IN_SEC + ts.tv_nsec - ns_begin.tv_nsec;