diff --git a/include/time.h b/include/time.h
index dc88070..c2e4637 100644
--- a/include/time.h
+++ b/include/time.h
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ int stime(const time_t *);
 time_t timegm(struct tm *);
 #endif
 
+#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L
+  /* Beware that TIME_UTC per the standard must be greater than 0. */
+#define TIME_UTC 1
+int timespec_get(struct timespec *, int);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/time/timespec_get.c b/src/time/timespec_get.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf78e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/time/timespec_get.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <time.h>
+
+int __clock_gettime(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts);
+
+/* the base argument is simply ignored, there is no other implemented
+   value than TIME_UTC. */
+int timespec_get(struct timespec * ts, int base) {
+  return __clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, ts) < 0 ? 0 : base;
+}