diff --git a/libblkid/lib/monotonic.c b/libblkid/lib/monotonic.c
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+/*
+ * Please, don't add this file to libcommon because clock_gettime() requires
+ * -lrt on systems with old libc.
+ */
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "nls.h"
+#include "monotonic.h"
+
+int get_boot_time(struct timeval *boot_time)
+{
+#ifdef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+	struct timespec hires_uptime;
+	struct timeval lores_uptime;
+#endif
+	struct timeval now;
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSINFO
+	struct sysinfo info;
+#endif
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) != 0) {
+		warn(_("gettimeofday failed"));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+#ifdef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &hires_uptime) == 0) {
+		TIMESPEC_TO_TIMEVAL(&lores_uptime, &hires_uptime);
+		timersub(&now, &lores_uptime, boot_time);
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSINFO
+	/* fallback */
+	if (sysinfo(&info) != 0)
+		warn(_("sysinfo failed"));
+
+	boot_time->tv_sec = now.tv_sec - info.uptime;
+	boot_time->tv_usec = 0;
+	return 0;
+#else
+	return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
+}
+
+int gettime_monotonic(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+	/* Can slew only by ntp and adjtime */
+	int ret;
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+# ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+	/* Linux specific, cant slew */
+	if (!(ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &ts))) {
+# else
+	if (!(ret = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts))) {
+# endif
+		tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+		tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+	}
+	return ret;
+#else
+	return gettimeofday(tv, NULL);
+#endif
+}