diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2fd124576..87d3a470a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ AC_STRUCT_TM
 AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([localtime])
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftime gettimeofday])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday times ftime])
 # Do not use time or getrusage function for CPU time measurement under OpenMP
 if test "x$enable_openmp" = xno; then
     AC_CHECK_FUNCS([time getrusage])
diff --git a/src/frontend/resource.c b/src/frontend/resource.c
index 09b40863b..09e116eb7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/resource.c
+++ b/src/frontend/resource.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Author: 1985 Wayne A. Christopher, U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
-#include "../misc/misc_time.h" /* timediff */
+#include "../misc/misc_time.h" /* timebegin */
 
 #ifdef XSPICE
 /* gtri - add - 12/12/90 - wbk - include ipc stuff */
@@ -81,15 +81,7 @@ init_rlimits(void)
 void
 init_time(void)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
-#else
-#  ifdef HAVE_TIMES
-#  else
-#    ifdef HAVE_FTIME
-    ftime(&timebegin);
-#    endif
-#  endif
-#endif
+    timebegin();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h b/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
index 0937f597d..842a90e4f 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice/ngspice.h
@@ -117,15 +117,17 @@
 #    include <sys/time.h>
 #    include <sys/resource.h>
 #  endif
-#else
-#  ifdef HAVE_TIMES
-#    include <sys/times.h>
-#    include <sys/param.h>
-#  else
-#    ifdef HAVE_FTIME
-#      include <sys/timeb.h>
-#    endif
-#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TIMES
+#  include <sys/times.h>
+#  include <sys/param.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_FTIME
+#  include <sys/timeb.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
diff --git a/src/misc/misc_time.c b/src/misc/misc_time.c
index 415089956..39a06dad1 100644
--- a/src/misc/misc_time.c
+++ b/src/misc/misc_time.c
@@ -14,28 +14,6 @@ Copyright 1990 Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 #include <time.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
-#  include <sys/types.h>
-#  include <sys/time.h>
-#  include <sys/resource.h>
-#else
-#  ifdef HAVE_TIMES
-#    include <sys/types.h>
-#    include <sys/times.h>
-#    include <sys/param.h>
-#  else
-#    ifdef HAVE_FTIME
-/* default to ftime if we can't get real CPU times */
-#      include <sys/types.h>
-#      include <sys/timeb.h>
-#    endif
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_FTIME
-#  include <sys/timeb.h>
-#endif
-
 
 /* Return the date. Return value is static data. */
 
@@ -70,8 +48,6 @@ datestring(void)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FTIME
 
-struct timeb timebegin;
-
 void timediff(struct timeb *now, struct timeb *begin, int *sec, int *msec)
 {
 
@@ -87,32 +63,60 @@ void timediff(struct timeb *now, struct timeb *begin, int *sec, int *msec)
 
 #endif
 
-/* 
- * How many seconds have elapsed in running time. 
- * This is the routine called in IFseconds 
+
+/* Initialize time */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+struct timeval timezero;
+void timebegin(void) {
+    gettimeofday(&timezero, NULL);
+}
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_TIMES
+    clock_t timezero;
+    void timebegin(void) {
+        struct tms ruse;
+        timezero = times(&ruse);
+    }
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE_FTIME
+    struct timeb timezero;
+    void timebegin(void) {
+        ftime(&timezero);
+    }
+#endif /* FTIME */
+#endif /* TIMES */
+#endif /* GETTIMEOFDAY */
+
+
+/*
+ * How many seconds have elapsed in running time.
+ * This is the routine called in IFseconds
  */
 
 double
 seconds(void)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
-    int ret;
-    struct rusage ruse;
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+    struct timeval timenow;
+    int sec, msec, usec;
+
+    gettimeofday(&timenow, NULL);
+
+    sec = (int) timenow.tv_sec - (int) timezero.tv_sec;
+    usec = (int) timenow.tv_usec - (int) timezero.tv_usec;
+    msec = usec / 1000; // Get rid of extra accuracy
+    return(sec + (double) msec / 1000.0);
 
-    memset(&ruse, 0, sizeof(ruse));
-    ret = getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ruse);
-    if(ret == -1) {
-      perror("getrusage(): ");
-      return 1;
-    }
-    return ((double)ruse.ru_utime.tv_sec + (double) ruse.ru_utime.tv_usec / 1000000.0);
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMES
+    struct tms ruse;
+    long long msec;
 
-    struct tms tmsbuf;
-
-    times(&tmsbuf);
-    return((double) tmsbuf.tms_utime / HZ);
+    clock_t timenow = times(&ruse);
+    double hz = (double) sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
+    msec = (timenow - timezero) / hz * 1000.0; // Get rid of extra accuracy
+    return((double) msec / 1000.0);
 
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_FTIME
@@ -120,14 +124,16 @@ seconds(void)
     int sec, msec;
 
     ftime(&timenow);
-    timediff(&timenow, &timebegin, &sec, &msec);
+
+    sec = (int) timenow.time - (int) timezero.time;
+    msec = (int) timenow.millitm - (int) timezero.millitm;
     return(sec + (double) msec / 1000.0);
 
 #else /* unknown */
-    /* don't know how to do this in general. */
-    return(-1.0);	/* Obvious error condition */
 
-#endif /* !FTIME */
-#endif /* !SYSV */
-#endif /* !BSD */
+    return(-1.0);   /* Obvious error condition */
+
+#endif /* FTIME */
+#endif /* TIMES */
+#endif /* GETTIMEOFDAY */
 }
diff --git a/src/misc/misc_time.h b/src/misc/misc_time.h
index 95cc1bcb2..8ef1a0ac1 100644
--- a/src/misc/misc_time.h
+++ b/src/misc/misc_time.h
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 
 char * datestring(void);
 double seconds(void);
+void timebegin(void);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FTIME
 
-extern struct timeb timebegin;
-
 void timediff(struct timeb *, struct timeb *, int *, int *);
 
 #endif