diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ccc58ef7..11d238cf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBDRM_CC_TRY_FLAG], [
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$libdrm_cc_flag])
 ])
 
+dnl We use clock_gettime to check for timeouts in drmWaitVBlank
+
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime], [CLOCK_LIB=],
+               [AC_CHECK_LIB([rt], [clock_gettime], [CLOCK_LIB=-lrt],
+                             [AC_MSG_ERROR([Couldn't find clock_gettime])])])
+AC_SUBST([CLOCK_LIB])
+
 dnl Use lots of warning flags with with gcc and compatible compilers
 
 dnl Note: if you change the following variable, the cache is automatically
diff --git a/libdrm/Makefile.am b/libdrm/Makefile.am
index 71a87186..a568aacf 100644
--- a/libdrm/Makefile.am
+++ b/libdrm/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SUBDIRS = . intel
 libdrm_la_LTLIBRARIES = libdrm.la
 libdrm_ladir = $(libdir)
 libdrm_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 2:4:0 -no-undefined
-libdrm_la_LIBADD = -lrt
+libdrm_la_LIBADD = @CLOCK_LIB@
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/shared-core
 libdrm_la_SOURCES = xf86drm.c xf86drmHash.c xf86drmRandom.c xf86drmSL.c \