diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index b23b1ea9e..146b743f5 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-02-25  Gedare Bloom  <gedare@rtems.org>
+
+	* libc/include/machine/time.h (_CLOCKS_PER_SEC_): redefine for RTEMS.
+
 2015-03-03  Steve Ellcey  <sellcey@imgtec.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/mips/memset.S: Add support for mips32r6/mips64r6.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/machine/time.h b/newlib/libc/include/machine/time.h
index 3057c817d..9b44941d6 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/machine/time.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/machine/time.h
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef	_MACHTIME_H_
 #define	_MACHTIME_H_
 
-#if defined(__rtems__)
-#define _CLOCKS_PER_SEC_  sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)
+#if defined(__rtems__) || defined(__VISIUM__)
+#define _CLOCKS_PER_SEC_ 1000000
 #elif defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__arm__) || defined(__thumb__)
 #define _CLOCKS_PER_SEC_ 100
-#elif defined (__VISIUM__)
-#define _CLOCKS_PER_SEC_ 1000000
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __SPU__