diff -r f6199284ef3a Lib/queue.py
--- a/Lib/queue.py	Wed Mar 14 00:40:57 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/queue.py	Wed Mar 14 01:52:29 2012 +0100
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ except ImportError:
     import dummy_threading as threading
 from collections import deque
 from heapq import heappush, heappop
-from time import time
+try:
+    from time import monotonic as time
+    time()
+except (ImportError, OSError):
+    from time import time
 
 __all__ = ['Empty', 'Full', 'Queue', 'PriorityQueue', 'LifoQueue']