diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 070f3a960..97fe8f2e3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-cache_check_needs_check
                           required if cache_check version is < 0.5
   --disable-readline      disable readline support
-  --enable-realtime       enable realtime clock support
+  --disable-realtime      disable realtime clock support
   --enable-ocf            enable Open Cluster Framework (OCF) compliant
                           resource agents
   --enable-cmirrord       enable the cluster mirror log daemon
@@ -9206,6 +9206,8 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether to enable realtime support... " >&6; }
 # Check whether --enable-realtime was given.
 if test "${enable_realtime+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_realtime; REALTIME=$enableval
+else
+  REALTIME=yes
 fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $REALTIME" >&5
@@ -12796,6 +12798,8 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_REALTIME 1" >>confdefs.h
 		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Disabling realtime clock" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Disabling realtime clock" >&2;}
 	fi
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $HAVE_REALTIME" >&5
+$as_echo "$HAVE_REALTIME" >&6; }
 fi
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for struct stat has st_ctim." >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e64baa3b4..c2cd69ad4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($READLINE)
 dnl -- Disable realtime clock support
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable realtime support)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(realtime,
-	      AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-realtime], [enable realtime clock support]),
-	      REALTIME=$enableval)
+	      AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-realtime], [disable realtime clock support]),
+	      REALTIME=$enableval, REALTIME=yes)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($REALTIME)
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -1573,6 +1573,7 @@ if test "$REALTIME" = yes; then
 	else
 		AC_MSG_WARN(Disabling realtime clock)
 	fi
+	AC_MSG_RESULT($HAVE_REALTIME)
 fi
 
 dnl Check if the system has struct stat st_ctim.