diff -uprN bird-1.0.11/sysdep/unix/io.c bird-1.0.11n/sysdep/unix/io.c
--- bird-1.0.11/sysdep/unix/io.c	2008-08-21 17:28:49.000000000 +0200
+++ bird-1.0.11n/sysdep/unix/io.c	2008-08-21 17:28:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/times.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/fcntl.h>
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include <asm/param.h>
+
 #include "nest/bird.h"
 #include "lib/lists.h"
 #include "lib/resource.h"
@@ -1093,6 +1096,31 @@ sk_dump_all(void)
 volatile int async_config_flag;		/* Asynchronous reconfiguration/dump scheduled */
 volatile int async_dump_flag;
 
+static time_t
+monotonic_time(void)
+{
+  long long int rv;	
+  static int overflow = 0;
+  static clock_t old_val = 0;
+  clock_t new_val = times(NULL);
+
+  if (new_val == -1)
+    die("times: %m");
+
+  if (new_val < old_val) {
+    log(L_INFO "timewrap");
+    overflow++;
+  }
+
+  rv = overflow;
+  rv *= 0x100000000ll;
+  rv += new_val; 
+  old_val = new_val;
+
+  return rv / HZ;
+}
+
+
 void
 io_init(void)
 {
@@ -1101,7 +1129,7 @@ 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 +1147,7 @@ io_loop(void)
   for(;;)
     {
       events = ev_run_list(&global_event_list);
-      now = time(NULL);
+      now = monotonic_time();
       tout = tm_first_shot();
       if (tout <= now)
 	{