Index: src/chrono.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/chrono.cpp
+++ src/chrono.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,19 @@
 steady_clock::now() _NOEXCEPT
 {
     struct timespec tp;
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW)
+    // CLOCK_MONOTONIC is only defined on Darwin on libc versions >= 1133 and
+    // its behaviour differs from Linux.
+    // CLOCK_UPTIME on Darwin actually matches CLOCK_MONOTONIC on Linux, due to
+    // historical coincidence (Linux doesn't match POSIX here but Darwin does).
+    // Use CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW on Darwin since the _RAW version gives nanosecond
+    // precision and is lower overhead.
+    if (0 != clock_gettime(CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW, &tp))
+        __throw_system_error(errno, "clock_gettime(CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW) failed");
+#else
     if (0 != clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tp))
         __throw_system_error(errno, "clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) failed");
+#endif
     return time_point(seconds(tp.tv_sec) + nanoseconds(tp.tv_nsec));
 }