diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index de7e1facd..3136f3492 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: misc.c,v 1.101 2016/01/20 09:22:39 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: misc.c,v 1.102 2016/03/02 22:42:40 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Markus Friedl.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Damien Miller.  All rights reserved.
@@ -909,6 +909,17 @@ monotime(void)
 	return time(NULL);
 }
 
+double
+monotime_double(void)
+{
+	struct timespec ts;
+
+	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) != 0)
+		fatal("clock_gettime: %s", strerror(errno));
+
+	return (ts.tv_sec + (double)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000000);
+}
+
 void
 bandwidth_limit_init(struct bwlimit *bw, u_int64_t kbps, size_t buflen)
 {
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index 374c33ce1..434e06c01 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.54 2014/07/15 15:54:14 millert Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.55 2016/03/02 22:42:40 dtucker Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void	 sanitise_stdfd(void);
 void	 ms_subtract_diff(struct timeval *, int *);
 void	 ms_to_timeval(struct timeval *, int);
 time_t	 monotime(void);
+double	 monotime_double(void);
 void	 lowercase(char *s);
 int	 unix_listener(const char *, int, int);
 
diff --git a/progressmeter.c b/progressmeter.c
index 319b7470a..3a455408c 100644
--- a/progressmeter.c
+++ b/progressmeter.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.c,v 1.41 2015/01/14 13:54:13 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.c,v 1.42 2016/03/02 22:42:40 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Nils Nordman.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ void refresh_progress_meter(void);
 /* signal handler for updating the progress meter */
 static void update_progress_meter(int);
 
-static time_t start;		/* start progress */
-static time_t last_update;	/* last progress update */
+static double start;		/* start progress */
+static double last_update;	/* last progress update */
 static const char *file;	/* name of the file being transferred */
 static off_t start_pos;		/* initial position of transfer */
 static off_t end_pos;		/* ending position of transfer */
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ void
 refresh_progress_meter(void)
 {
 	char buf[MAX_WINSIZE + 1];
-	time_t now;
 	off_t transferred;
-	double elapsed;
+	double elapsed, now;
 	int percent;
 	off_t bytes_left;
 	int cur_speed;
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ refresh_progress_meter(void)
 
 	transferred = *counter - (cur_pos ? cur_pos : start_pos);
 	cur_pos = *counter;
-	now = monotime();
+	now = monotime_double();
 	bytes_left = end_pos - cur_pos;
 
 	if (bytes_left > 0)
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ update_progress_meter(int ignore)
 void
 start_progress_meter(const char *f, off_t filesize, off_t *ctr)
 {
-	start = last_update = monotime();
+	start = last_update = monotime_double();
 	file = f;
 	start_pos = *ctr;
 	end_pos = filesize;