diff --git a/miniupnpd/Makefile.linux b/miniupnpd/Makefile.linux
index 2a4b49b..d88f655 100644
--- a/miniupnpd/Makefile.linux
+++ b/miniupnpd/Makefile.linux
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ else
 $(info please install uuid-dev package / libuuid)
 endif # ($(TEST),1)
 
+GLIBC_VERSION := $(shell ldd --version | head -n 1 | sed 's/^.* //')
+GLIBC_VERSION_MAJOR = $(shell echo $(GLIBC_VERSION) | cut -f 1 -d . )
+GLIBC_VERSION_MINOR = $(shell echo $(GLIBC_VERSION) | cut -f 2 -d . )
+# clock_gettime() needs -lrt when glibc version < 2.17
+LDLIBS += $(shell if [ $(GLIBC_VERSION_MAJOR) -lt 2 ] \
+  || [ \( $(GLIBC_VERSION_MAJOR) -eq 2 \) -a \( $(GLIBC_VERSION_MINOR) -lt 17 \) ] ; \
+  then echo "-lrt" ; fi )
+
 TESTUPNPDESCGENOBJS = testupnpdescgen.o upnpdescgen.o
 
 EXECUTABLES = miniupnpd testupnpdescgen testgetifstats \