diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a35a0ec45..1a71a3289 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ fi
 # check to see if libraries are needed for these functions.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_pton)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, clock_gettime)
 
 AC_FUNC_CHOWN
 AC_FUNC_FORK
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 652ce057c..9202d6ce0 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2 August 2007: Wouter
+	- configure change for latest libevent trunk version (needs -lrt).
+
 1 August 2007: Wouter
 	- set version to 0.5
 	- module work for module to module interconnections.