diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindLIBRT.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindLIBRT.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..607f4806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindLIBRT.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+include(CheckLibraryExists)
+CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS(rt clock_gettime "" LIBRT_FOUND)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(LIBRT DEFAULT_MSG LIBRT_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibnfcDrivers.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibnfcDrivers.cmake
index a79c2295..85b55075 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibnfcDrivers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibnfcDrivers.cmake
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ IF(LIBNFC_DRIVER_ACR122_USB)
   SET(DRIVERS_SOURCES ${DRIVERS_SOURCES} "drivers/acr122_usb")
 ENDIF(LIBNFC_DRIVER_ACR122_USB)
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(LIBRT)
+
 IF(LIBNFC_DRIVER_ACR122S)
   ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DDRIVER_ACR122S_ENABLED")
   SET(DRIVERS_SOURCES ${DRIVERS_SOURCES} "drivers/acr122s")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Makefile.am b/cmake/modules/Makefile.am
index 52fd92da..391ee9e8 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmake/modules/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS \
 	FindLIBUSB.cmake \
+	FindLIBRT.cmake \
 	FindPCSC.cmake \
 	UseDoxygen.cmake \
 	LibnfcDrivers.cmake
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0e635a55..e18f64f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES=""
 
 LIBNFC_CHECK_LIBUSB
 LIBNFC_CHECK_PCSC
+AC_CHECK_LIB(rt,clock_gettime,[LIBS="$LIBS -lrt"])
 
 AC_SUBST(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES)
 
diff --git a/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt b/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
index d4a4ec12..3728ba6d 100644
--- a/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ IF(LIBUSB_FOUND)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF(LIBUSB_FOUND)
 
+IF(LIBRT_FOUND)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc rt)
+ENDIF(LIBRT_FOUND)
+
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(nfc PROPERTIES SOVERSION 5 VERSION 5.0.1)
 
 IF(WIN32)