diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1b1f1add..80fb1245 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -81,9 +81,18 @@ AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
 AC_FUNC_STRTOD
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getaddrinfo gethostbyname localtime_r memmove memset mkdir select snprintf socket strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strcasestr strrchr strstr strtol uname vsnprintf])
 
+# Check for clock_gettime
+LIBS_save="$LIBS"; LIBS=""
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt], [ac_cv_clock_gettime=1; EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS $LIBS"],
+               [ac_cv_clock_gettime=0])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME, $ac_cv_clock_gettime, [Define to 1 if we have clock_gettime])
+LIBS="$LIBS_save"
 # Check for dlopen
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl], [ac_cv_dlopen=1], [ac_cv_dlopen=0])
+LIBS_save="$LIBS"; LIBS=""
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl], [ac_cv_dlopen=1; EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS $LIBS"], [ac_cv_dlopen=0])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_DLOPEN, $ac_cv_dlopen, [Define to 1 if we have dlopen])
+LIBS="$LIBS_save"
+AC_SUBST([EXTRA_LIBS])
 
 
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/m4/static.m4 b/m4/static.m4
index 463142d0..4d32f89e 100644
--- a/m4/static.m4
+++ b/m4/static.m4
@@ -6,8 +6,4 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_FLDIGI_STATIC], [
                     *)      AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-static]) ;;
                  esac],
                  [ac_cv_static=no])
-  if test "x$ac_cv_static" = "xyes"; then
-      AC_CHECK_LIB([rt], [clock_gettime], [RTLIB=-lrt])
-  fi
-  AC_SUBST([RTLIB])
 ])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a65e9fbb..a8491649 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AM_CFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
 AM_LDFLAGS = @MAC_UNIVERSAL_LDFLAGS@
 
 LDADD = @PORTAUDIO_LIBS@ @BOOST_LDFLAGS@ @FLTK_LIBS@ @SNDFILE_LIBS@ \
-	@SAMPLERATE_LIBS@ @PULSEAUDIO_LIBS@ @HAMLIB_LIBS@ @IMAGE_LIBS@ @XMLRPC_LIBS@ @RTLIB@
+	@SAMPLERATE_LIBS@ @PULSEAUDIO_LIBS@ @HAMLIB_LIBS@ @IMAGE_LIBS@ @XMLRPC_LIBS@ @EXTRA_LIBS@
 
 
 HAMLIB_SRC = include/hamlib.h rigcontrol/hamlib.cxx include/rigclass.h rigcontrol/rigclass.cxx
diff --git a/src/main.cxx b/src/main.cxx
index 56e5bbea..d639fcea 100644
--- a/src/main.cxx
+++ b/src/main.cxx
@@ -765,10 +765,18 @@ double speed_test(int converter, unsigned repeat)
 	src_simple(&src, SRC_SINC_FASTEST, 1);
 
 	struct timespec t0, t1;
+#ifdef _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t0);
+#else
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &t0);
+#endif
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i < repeat; i++)
 		src_simple(&src, SRC_SINC_FASTEST, 1);
+#ifdef _POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t1);
+#else
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &t1);
+#endif
 
 	delete [] src.data_in;
 	delete [] src.data_out;