diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b480729..b931c92d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h \
 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_setname_np],
 	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP], [1], [Define to 1 if pthread has pthread_setname_np.]),
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([Could not find pthread_setname_np in pthread.]))
-
+RT_LIB=
+AC_CHECK_LIB([rt], [clock_gettime], [RT_LIB="-lrt"])
+AC_SUBST(RT_LIB)
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([pselect], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSELECT, [1], [Define to 1 if pselect() is available.])])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([ppoll], [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PPOLL, [1], [Define to 1 if ppoll() is available.])])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([argp_parse], [have_argp=yes], AC_CHECK_LIB([argp], [argp_parse], [have_argp=yes; LIBS="-largp $LIBS"], [have_argp=no]))
diff --git a/src/ebusd/Makefile.am b/src/ebusd/Makefile.am
index 3cc2b07c..821cb379 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ebusd/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ebusd_SOURCES = bushandler.cpp \
 ebusd_LDADD = ../lib/utils/libutils.a \
               ../lib/ebus/libebus.a \
 	      -lpthread \
-	      -lrt
+	      @RT_LIB@
 
 distclean-local:
 	-rm -f Makefile.in