diff --git a/zfs/lib/libspl/Makefile.in b/zfs/lib/libspl/Makefile.in
index a985a554ae..ebc2cb83eb 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libspl/Makefile.in
+++ b/zfs/lib/libspl/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 subdir-m += include
 DISTFILES  = list.c mkdirp.c strlcpy.c strlcat.c strnlen.c
-DISTFILES += u8_textprep.c getexecname.c
+DISTFILES += u8_textprep.c getexecname.c gethrtime.c
 
 LIBRARY := libspl
 
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ ${LIBRARY}-objs += strlcat.o
 ${LIBRARY}-objs += strnlen.o
 ${LIBRARY}-objs += u8_textprep.o
 ${LIBRARY}-objs += getexecname.o
-
+${LIBRARY}-objs += gethrtime.o
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libspl/gethrtime.c b/zfs/lib/libspl/gethrtime.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..466b9cd570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zfs/lib/libspl/gethrtime.c
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * CDDL HEADER START
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
+ * Common Development and Distribution License (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *
+ * You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
+ * or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+ * and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
+ * file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
+ * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
+ * fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
+ * information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+ *
+ * CDDL HEADER END
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Use is subject to license terms.
+ */
+
+#pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+hrtime_t
+gethrtime(void)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+	if (rc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error: clock_gettime() = %d\n", rc)
+	        abort();
+	}
+
+	return (((u_int64_t)ts.tv_sec) * NANOSEC) + ts.tv_nsec;
+}
diff --git a/zfs/lib/libspl/include/sys/time.h b/zfs/lib/libspl/include/sys/time.h
index c793d95ba5..cb37382108 100644
--- a/zfs/lib/libspl/include/sys/time.h
+++ b/zfs/lib/libspl/include/sys/time.h
@@ -29,29 +29,13 @@
 
 #include_next <sys/time.h>
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-typedef longlong_t hrtime_t;
-typedef struct timespec timestruc_t;
+typedef longlong_t	hrtime_t;
+typedef struct timespec	timestruc_t;
 
 #ifndef NANOSEC
 #define NANOSEC 1000000000
 #endif
 
-static inline hrtime_t gethrtime(void) {
-	struct timespec ts;
-
-	if(clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error: clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) failed\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Make sure you are are running kernel 2.6.x and have glibc 2.3.3 or newer installed\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Aborting...\n");
-		abort();
-	}
-
-	return (((u_int64_t)ts.tv_sec) * NANOSEC) + ts.tv_nsec;
-}
+extern hrtime_t gethrtime(void);
 
 #endif