diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf4e1c9..a58c766 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-23  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* configure.ac: Pretend ftime() is not available. Needed by
+	CL_TIMES_CLOCK.
+
 2004-06-18  Richard B. Kreckel  <kreckel@ginac.de>
 
 	* rational/transcendental/cl_RA_logp.cc: fix bug where base is
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ac6a45..f19d775 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ CL_FPU_CONTROL
                       dnl DEFS HAVE_FPU_CONTROL_T, HAVE_SETFPUCW
 CL_GETTIMEOFDAY
                       dnl DEFS HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY, GETTIMEOFDAY_DOTS, GETTIMEOFDAY_TZP_T
+ac_cv_func_ftime=no   dnl don't use ftime(3) even if it's available
 CL_TIMES_CLOCK
                       dnl DEFS HAVE_TIMES_CLOCK
 CL_RUSAGE