diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e075d2d18..9d0e12ceb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ AC_STRUCT_TM
 AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([localtime])
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime gettimeofday times ftime])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([clock_gettime gettimeofday ftime times])
 
 # Do not use time or getrusage function for CPU time measurement under OpenMP
 if test "x$enable_openmp" = xno; then
diff --git a/src/frontend/resource.c b/src/frontend/resource.c
index abac8ef5f..8990fa789 100644
--- a/src/frontend/resource.c
+++ b/src/frontend/resource.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ init_rlimits(void)
     ft_ckspace();
 }
 
-#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
    PortableTime timebegin;
 #endif
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ init_time(void)
 #else
 #  ifdef HAVE_TIMES
 #  else
-#    if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#    if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
        get_portable_time(&timebegin);
 #    endif
 #  endif
@@ -172,7 +172,13 @@ printres(char *name)
     if (!name || eq(name, "totalcputime") || eq(name, "cputime")) {
         int total_sec, total_msec;
 
-#  ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
+#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
+        PortableTime timenow;
+        get_portable_time(&timenow);
+        timediff(&timenow, &timebegin, &total_sec, &total_msec);
+        cpu_elapsed = "elapsed";
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
         int ret;
         struct rusage ruse;
         memset(&ruse, 0, sizeof(ruse));
@@ -183,8 +189,8 @@ printres(char *name)
         total_sec = (int) (ruse.ru_utime.tv_sec + ruse.ru_stime.tv_sec);
         total_msec = (int) (ruse.ru_utime.tv_usec + ruse.ru_stime.tv_usec) / 1000;
         cpu_elapsed = "CPU";
-#  else
-#    ifdef HAVE_TIMES
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_TIMES
         struct tms ruse;
         times(&ruse);
         clock_t x = ruse.tms_utime + ruse.tms_stime;
@@ -192,13 +198,7 @@ printres(char *name)
         total_sec = x / hz;
         total_msec = ((x % hz) * 1000) / hz;
         cpu_elapsed = "CPU";
-#    else
-#if     defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
-            PortableTime timenow;
-            get_portable_time(&timenow);
-            timediff(&timenow, &timebegin, &total_sec, &total_msec);
-            cpu_elapsed = "elapsed";
-#       else
+#else
 #        define NO_RUDATA
 #       endif
 #    endif
diff --git a/src/misc/misc_time.c b/src/misc/misc_time.c
index 94665ae4a..8de83df2a 100644
--- a/src/misc/misc_time.c
+++ b/src/misc/misc_time.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ datestring(void)
 
 /* return time interval in seconds and milliseconds */
 
-#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
 
 void timediff(PortableTime *now, PortableTime *begin, int *sec, int *msec)
 {
@@ -70,12 +70,23 @@ void get_portable_time(PortableTime *pt) {
     pt->milliseconds = ts.tv_nsec / 1000000; // Convert nanoseconds to milliseconds
 }
 #else
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
 void get_portable_time(PortableTime *pt) {
     struct timeval tv;
     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
     pt->seconds = tv.tv_sec;
-    pt->milliseconds = tv.tv_usec / 1000;
+    pt->milliseconds = tv.tv_usec / 1000; // Convert microseconds to milliseconds
 }
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_FTIME
+void get_portable_time(PortableTime *pt) {
+    struct timeb timenow;
+    ftime(&timenow);
+    pt->seconds = timenow.time;
+    pt->milliseconds = timenow.millitm;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #endif
@@ -88,6 +99,15 @@ void get_portable_time(PortableTime *pt) {
 double
 seconds(void)
 {
+#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
+    PortableTime timenow;
+    PortableTime timebegin;
+    int sec, msec;
+
+    get_portable_time(&timenow);
+    timediff(&timenow, &timebegin, &sec, &msec);
+    return(sec + (double) msec / 1000.0);
+#else
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
     int ret;
     struct rusage ruse;
@@ -107,21 +127,11 @@ seconds(void)
     times(&tmsbuf);
     return((double) tmsbuf.tms_utime / HZ);
 
-#else
-#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
-    PortableTime timenow;
-    PortableTime timebegin;
-    int sec, msec;
-
-    get_portable_time(&timenow);
-    timediff(&timenow, &timebegin, &sec, &msec);
-    return(sec + (double) msec / 1000.0);
-
 #else /* unknown */
 
     return(-1.0);   /* Obvious error condition */
 
-#endif /* GETTIMEOFDAY || CLOCK_GETTIME */
-#endif /* TIMES */
 #endif /* GETRUSAGE */
+#endif /* TIMES */
+#endif /* CLOCK_GETTIME || GETTIMEOFDAY || FTIME */
 }
diff --git a/src/misc/misc_time.h b/src/misc/misc_time.h
index 46abe32b2..f394310a0 100644
--- a/src/misc/misc_time.h
+++ b/src/misc/misc_time.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 char * datestring(void);
 double seconds(void);
 
-#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#if defined HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME || defined HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY || defined HAVE_FTIME
 
 typedef struct {
     long seconds;