diff -r f6199284ef3a Lib/threading.py
--- a/Lib/threading.py	Wed Mar 14 00:40:57 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/threading.py	Wed Mar 14 01:56:10 2012 +0100
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@
 import sys as _sys
 import _thread
 
-from time import time as _time, sleep as _sleep
+from time import sleep as _sleep
 from traceback import format_exc as _format_exc
 from _weakrefset import WeakSet
+try:
+    from time import monotonic as _time
+    _time()
+except (ImportError, OSError):
+    from time import _time
 
 # Note regarding PEP 8 compliant names
 #  This threading model was originally inspired by Java, and inherited