diff -uprN bird-1.0.11-/sysdep/unix/io.c bird-1.0.11/sysdep/unix/io.c
--- bird-1.0.11-/sysdep/unix/io.c	2008-08-20 17:04:36.000000000 +0200
+++ bird-1.0.11/sysdep/unix/io.c	2008-08-20 17:49:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -1093,6 +1093,19 @@ sk_dump_all(void)
 volatile int async_config_flag;		/* Asynchronous reconfiguration/dump scheduled */
 volatile int async_dump_flag;
 
+static time_t
+monotonic_time(void)
+{
+  struct timespec ts;
+  int rv;
+  
+  rv = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+  if (rv != 0)
+    die("clock_gettime: %m");
+    
+  return ts.tv_sec;
+}
+
 void
 io_init(void)
 {
@@ -1101,7 +1114,7 @@ io_init(void)
   init_list(&sock_list);
   init_list(&global_event_list);
   krt_io_init();
-  now = time(NULL);
+  now = monotonic_time();
   srandom((int) now);
 }
 
@@ -1119,7 +1132,7 @@ io_loop(void)
   for(;;)
     {
       events = ev_run_list(&global_event_list);
-      now = time(NULL);
+      now = monotonic_time();
       tout = tm_first_shot();
       if (tout <= now)
 	{
diff -uprN bird-1.0.11-/tools/Rules.in bird-1.0.11/tools/Rules.in
--- bird-1.0.11-/tools/Rules.in	2004-08-19 11:15:36.000000000 +0200
+++ bird-1.0.11/tools/Rules.in	2008-08-20 17:51:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ clean-dirs:=$(all-dirs) proto sysdep
 CPPFLAGS=-I$(root-rel) -I$(srcdir) @CPPFLAGS@
 CFLAGS=$(CPPFLAGS) @CFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@
-LIBS=@LIBS@
+LIBS=-lrt @LIBS@
 CLIENT_LIBS=@CLIENT_LIBS@
 CC=@CC@
 M4=@M4@