diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3f9500fc..b2330f62 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# $Id: configure,v 1.58 2010-11-11 20:45:49 nicm Exp $
+# $Id: configure,v 1.59 2010-12-08 19:55:31 nicm Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2009 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
 #
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EOF
 EOF
 	cat <<EOF >>$CONFIG_MK
 CFLAGS+= -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE
-LIBS+= -lncurses -lutil -levent
+LIBS+= -lncurses -lutil -levent -lrt
 SRCS+= osdep-linux.c \
 	compat/closefrom.c \
 	compat/fgetln.c \