diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a844669e..627d002c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_STDCXX_11],
 # Additional libraries required for tests.
 TESTS_LIBS=
 
+# Additional libraries required for programs under src directory.
+SRC_LIBS=
+
 LIBS_OLD=$LIBS
 # Search for dlsym function, which is used in tests. Linux needs -ldl,
 # but netbsd does not need it.
@@ -79,6 +82,13 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlsym], [dl])
 TESTS_LIBS=$LIBS $TESTS_LIBS
 LIBS=$LIBS_OLD
 
+LIBS_OLD=$LIBS
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt],
+               [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME], [1],
+                          [Define to 1 if you have the `clock_gettime`.])])
+SRC_LIBS=$LIBS $SRC_LIBS
+LIBS=$LIBS_OLD
+
 # zlib
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ZLIB], [zlib >= 1.2.3])
 LIBS="$ZLIB_LIBS $LIBS"
@@ -242,6 +252,7 @@ if test "x$maintainer_mode" != "xno"; then
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST([TESTS_LIBS])
+AC_SUBST([SRC_LIBS])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 17eef3e0..4459db5e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ if ENABLE_SRC
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -Wall -I$(srcdir)/../lib/includes -I$(builddir)/../lib/includes \
 	@OPENSSL_CFLAGS@ @XML_CPPFLAGS@ @LIBEVENT_OPENSSL_CFLAGS@ @DEFS@
-AM_LDFLAGS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@ @XML_LIBS@ @LIBEVENT_OPENSSL_LIBS@ -pthread
+AM_LDFLAGS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@ @XML_LIBS@ @LIBEVENT_OPENSSL_LIBS@ @SRC_LIBS@ \
+	-pthread
 LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/libspdylay.la
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = spdycat spdyd
diff --git a/src/spdycat.cc b/src/spdycat.cc
index fbfdd73c..749772c0 100644
--- a/src/spdycat.cc
+++ b/src/spdycat.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct RequestStat {
 
 void record_time(timeval *tv)
 {
-  gettimeofday(tv, 0);
+  get_time(tv);
 }
 
 bool has_uri_field(const http_parser_url &u, http_parser_url_fields field)
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int spdy_evloop(int fd, SSL *ssl, int spdy_version, SpdySession& spdySession,
   timeval tv1, tv2;
   while(!sc.finish()) {
     if(config.timeout != -1) {
-      gettimeofday(&tv1, 0);
+      get_time(&tv1);
     }
     int nfds = poll(pollfds, npollfds, timeout);
     if(nfds == -1) {
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ int spdy_evloop(int fd, SSL *ssl, int spdy_version, SpdySession& spdySession,
       break;
     }
     if(config.timeout != -1) {
-      gettimeofday(&tv2, 0);
+      get_time(&tv2);
       timeout -= time_delta(tv2, tv1);
       if (timeout <= 0) {
         std::cerr << "Requests to " << spdySession.hostport << " timed out."
diff --git a/src/spdylay_ssl.cc b/src/spdylay_ssl.cc
index 3075b77b..03f996e1 100644
--- a/src/spdylay_ssl.cc
+++ b/src/spdylay_ssl.cc
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ int nonblock_connect_to(const std::string& host, uint16_t port, int timeout)
       struct timeval tv1, tv2;
       struct pollfd pfd = {fd, POLLOUT, 0};
       if(timeout != -1) {
-        gettimeofday(&tv1, 0);
+        get_time(&tv1);
       }
       r = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout);
       if(r == 0) {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ int nonblock_connect_to(const std::string& host, uint16_t port, int timeout)
         return -1;
       } else {
         if(timeout != -1) {
-          gettimeofday(&tv2, 0);
+          get_time(&tv2);
           timeout -= time_delta(tv2, tv1);
           if(timeout <= 0) {
             return -2;
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ int ssl_nonblock_handshake(SSL *ssl, int fd, int& timeout)
   timeval tv1, tv2;
   while(1) {
     if(timeout != -1) {
-      gettimeofday(&tv1, 0);
+      get_time(&tv1);
     }
     int rv = poll(&pfd, 1, timeout);
     if(rv == 0) {
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ int ssl_nonblock_handshake(SSL *ssl, int fd, int& timeout)
       return -1;
     } else if(rv < 0) {
       if(timeout != -1) {
-        gettimeofday(&tv2, 0);
+        get_time(&tv2);
         timeout -= time_delta(tv2, tv1);
         if(timeout <= 0) {
           return -2;
@@ -892,12 +892,12 @@ timeval base_tv;
 
 void reset_timer()
 {
-  gettimeofday(&base_tv, 0);
+  get_time(&base_tv);
 }
 
 void get_timer(timeval* tv)
 {
-  gettimeofday(tv, 0);
+  get_time(tv);
   tv->tv_usec -= base_tv.tv_usec;
   tv->tv_sec -= base_tv.tv_sec;
   if(tv->tv_usec < 0) {
@@ -906,4 +906,18 @@ void get_timer(timeval* tv)
   }
 }
 
+int get_time(timeval *tv)
+{
+  int rv;
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+  timespec ts;
+  rv = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+  tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+  tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec/1000;
+#else // !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+  rv = gettimeofday(&base_tv, 0);
+#endif // !HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+  return rv;
+}
+
 } // namespace spdylay
diff --git a/src/spdylay_ssl.h b/src/spdylay_ssl.h
index 00fd4afd..27a13af3 100644
--- a/src/spdylay_ssl.h
+++ b/src/spdylay_ssl.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ void reset_timer();
 
 void get_timer(timeval *tv);
 
+int get_time(timeval *tv);
+
 void print_timer();
 
 enum {