diff --git a/plugins/rack/uwsgiplugin.py b/plugins/rack/uwsgiplugin.py
index 4b3d533a..a44e6d1c 100644
--- a/plugins/rack/uwsgiplugin.py
+++ b/plugins/rack/uwsgiplugin.py
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ if has_shared == 'yes':
     os.environ['LD_RUN_PATH'] = libpath
     LIBS = os.popen(RUBYPATH + " -e \"require 'rbconfig';print '-l' + %s::CONFIG['RUBY_SO_NAME']\"" % rbconfig).read().rstrip().split()
 else:
-    LIBS = []
+    LIBS = ['-lrt']
     GCC_LIST.append("%s/%s" % (libpath, os.popen(RUBYPATH + " -e \"require 'rbconfig';print %s::CONFIG['LIBRUBY_A']\"" % rbconfig).read().rstrip()))