diff --git a/lib/mosquitto.c b/lib/mosquitto.c
index 27a44c15..83bf42c2 100644
--- a/lib/mosquitto.c
+++ b/lib/mosquitto.c
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ int mosquitto_lib_init(void)
 		srand((unsigned int)GetTickCount64());
 #elif _POSIX_TIMERS>0 && defined(_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK)
 		struct timespec tp;
-
+#ifdef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+		clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &tp);
+#else
 		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp);
+#endif
 		srand((unsigned int)tp.tv_nsec);
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 		uint64_t ticks;
diff --git a/lib/time_mosq.c b/lib/time_mosq.c
index 3a9362c2..110322a4 100644
--- a/lib/time_mosq.c
+++ b/lib/time_mosq.c
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ time_t mosquitto_time(void)
 #elif _POSIX_TIMERS>0 && defined(_POSIX_MONOTONIC_CLOCK)
 	struct timespec tp;
 
+#ifdef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, &tp);
+#else
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp);
+#endif
 	return tp.tv_sec;
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 	static mach_timebase_info_data_t tb;