diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cedc34e52..719b06da6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/socket.h>],
  [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
 )
 
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime],[rt])
+
 LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS=
 LIBLEVELDB=
 LIBMEMENV=
@@ -460,11 +462,8 @@ dnl after 1.56.
 dnl If neither is available, abort.
 dnl If sleep_for is used, boost_chrono becomes a requirement.
 if test x$ax_cv_boost_chrono = xyes; then
-dnl Allow passing extra needed dependency libraries for boost-chrono from static gitian build
-BOOST_CHRONO_LIB="$BOOST_CHRONO_LIB $BOOST_CHRONO_EXTRALIBS"
-
 TEMP_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_LIBS $BOOST_CHRONO_LIB"
+LIBS="$BOOST_LIBS $BOOST_CHRONO_LIB $LIBS"
 TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
 AC_TRY_LINK([
@@ -486,7 +485,7 @@ fi
 
 if test x$boost_sleep != xyes; then
 TEMP_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_LIBS"
+LIBS="$BOOST_LIBS $LIBS"
 TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
 AC_TRY_LINK([