diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
index d9ed866fc90422..6a12eb5338b394 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -957,6 +957,9 @@
 /* Enable WebCIL image loader */
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_WEBCIL 1
 
+/* define if clockgettime exists */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME 1
+
 #if defined(ENABLE_LLVM) && defined(HOST_WIN32) && defined(TARGET_WIN32) && (!defined(TARGET_AMD64) || !defined(_MSC_VER))
 #error LLVM for host=Windows and target=Windows is only supported on x64 MSVC build.
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
index d85e4883931eab..fb9df16fec9ced 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ ac_check_funcs(
   pthread_attr_setstacksize pthread_get_stackaddr_np
 )
 
+check_function_exists(clock_gettime HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
+
 check_symbol_exists(madvise "sys/mman.h" HAVE_MADVISE)
 check_symbol_exists(pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol "pthread.h" HAVE_DECL_PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_SETPROTOCOL)
 check_symbol_exists(CLOCK_MONOTONIC "time.h" HAVE_CLOCK_MONOTONIC)