--- utempter-0.5.5/utempter.c	
+++ utempter-0.5.5/utempter.c	
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
     int i;
     struct stat sb;
     char * id;
+    struct timeval tv;
  
     if (argc < 3) usage();
 
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
 	host = NULL;
     }
 
+    memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(tv));
+    (void) gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
+
     memset(&utx, 0, sizeof(utx));
     if (add)
 	utx.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
@@ -152,7 +156,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
 
     strncpy(utx.ut_id, id, sizeof(utx.ut_id));
 
-    gettimeofday(&utx.ut_tv, NULL);
+    utx.ut_tv.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+    utx.ut_tv.tv_usec = tv.tv_usec;
 
     pututxline(&utx);
     updwtmpx(_PATH_WTMP, &utx);