diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d32378c1..42e17a73 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ AC_C_INLINE
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
 dnl Checks for library functions.
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday vasprintf fcntl)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday vasprintf fcntl clock_gettime)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strlcpy)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for F_SETFD in fcntl.h)
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 82df1bed..cbbb4bfb 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -138,6 +138,23 @@ compare(struct event *a, struct event *b)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+static int
+gettime(struct timeval *tp)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
+	struct timespec	ts;
+	
+	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == -1)
+		return (-1);
+	tp->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+	tp->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+#else
+	gettimeofday(tp, NULL);
+#endif
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
 RB_PROTOTYPE(event_tree, event, ev_timeout_node, compare);
 
 RB_GENERATE(event_tree, event, ev_timeout_node, compare);
@@ -153,7 +170,7 @@ event_init(void)
 
 	event_sigcb = NULL;
 	event_gotsig = 0;
-	gettimeofday(&current_base->event_tv, NULL);
+	gettime(&current_base->event_tv);
 	
 	RB_INIT(&current_base->timetree);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&current_base->eventqueue);
@@ -341,7 +358,7 @@ event_base_loop(struct event_base *base, int flags)
 		}
 
 		/* Check if time is running backwards */
-		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+		gettime(&tv);
 		if (timercmp(&tv, &base->event_tv, <)) {
 			struct timeval off;
 			event_debug(("%s: time is running backwards, corrected",
@@ -499,6 +516,7 @@ event_priority_set(struct event *ev, int pri)
 int
 event_pending(struct event *ev, short event, struct timeval *tv)
 {
+	struct timeval	now, res;
 	int flags = 0;
 
 	if (ev->ev_flags & EVLIST_INSERTED)
@@ -513,8 +531,12 @@ event_pending(struct event *ev, short event, struct timeval *tv)
 	event &= (EV_TIMEOUT|EV_READ|EV_WRITE|EV_SIGNAL);
 
 	/* See if there is a timeout that we should report */
-	if (tv != NULL && (flags & event & EV_TIMEOUT))
-		*tv = ev->ev_timeout;
+	if (tv != NULL && (flags & event & EV_TIMEOUT)) {
+		gettime(&now);
+		timersub(&ev->ev_timeout, &now, &res);
+		gettime(&now);
+		timeradd(&now, &res, tv);
+	}
 
 	return (flags & event);
 }
@@ -558,7 +580,7 @@ event_add(struct event *ev, struct timeval *tv)
 			event_queue_remove(base, ev, EVLIST_ACTIVE);
 		}
 
-		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+		gettime(&now);
 		timeradd(&now, tv, &ev->ev_timeout);
 
 		event_debug((
@@ -654,7 +676,7 @@ timeout_next(struct event_base *base, struct timeval *tv)
 		return (0);
 	}
 
-	if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) == -1)
+	if (gettime(&now) == -1)
 		return (-1);
 
 	if (timercmp(&ev->ev_timeout, &now, <=)) {
@@ -690,7 +712,7 @@ timeout_process(struct event_base *base)
 	struct timeval now;
 	struct event *ev, *next;
 
-	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+	gettime(&now);
 
 	for (ev = RB_MIN(event_tree, &base->timetree); ev; ev = next) {
 		if (timercmp(&ev->ev_timeout, &now, >))