diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/utils/compat/android.h b/src/libstrongswan/utils/compat/android.h
index da8de6279..7fbcd9460 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/utils/compat/android.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/utils/compat/android.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #define HAVE_PTHREAD_CONDATTR_INIT 1
 #define HAVE_CONDATTR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC 1
 
+#undef TIME_CLOCK_ID
+#define TIME_CLOCK_ID CLOCK_REALTIME
+
 #define HAVE_SYS_CAPABILITY_H 1
 
 #else /* __ANDROID_API__ */