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([
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 65a6c3c1e..30b0227bd 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ script: |
     local: *;
   };' > $LINKER_SCRIPT
   function do_configure {
-      ./configure "$@" --enable-upnp-default --prefix=$STAGING --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include ${OPTFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib -Wl,--version-script=$LINKER_SCRIPT ${OPTFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin ${OPTFLAGS}" BOOST_CHRONO_EXTRALIBS="-lrt" --enable-glibc-back-compat
+      ./configure "$@" --enable-upnp-default --prefix=$STAGING --with-protoc-bindir=$STAGING/host/bin --with-qt-bindir=$STAGING/bin --with-boost=$STAGING --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$STAGING/lib/pkgconfig" CPPFLAGS="-I$STAGING/include ${OPTFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="-L$STAGING/lib -Wl,--version-script=$LINKER_SCRIPT ${OPTFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="-frandom-seed=bitcoin ${OPTFLAGS}" --enable-glibc-back-compat
   }
   #
   cd bitcoin