diff --git a/changes/bug25113 b/changes/bug25113
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a020b784d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug25113
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (unit test, monotonic time):
+    - Bump a gap of 1msec to 10msec used in the monotonic time test that makes
+      sure the nsec/usec/msec time read are synchronized. This change was
+      needed to accommodate slow system like armel or when the clock_gettime()
+      is not a VDSO on the running kernel. Fixes bug 25113; bugfix on 0.2.9.1.
diff --git a/src/test/test_util.c b/src/test/test_util.c
index 0b707caeeb..dd122b250d 100644
--- a/src/test/test_util.c
+++ b/src/test/test_util.c
@@ -5541,10 +5541,10 @@ test_util_monotonic_time(void *arg)
   tt_u64_op(usec1, OP_GE, nsec1 / 1000);
   tt_u64_op(msecc1, OP_GE, nsecc1 / 1000000);
   tt_u64_op(usecc1, OP_GE, nsecc1 / 1000);
-  tt_u64_op(msec1, OP_LE, nsec1 / 1000000 + 1);
-  tt_u64_op(usec1, OP_LE, nsec1 / 1000 + 1000);
-  tt_u64_op(msecc1, OP_LE, nsecc1 / 1000000 + 1);
-  tt_u64_op(usecc1, OP_LE, nsecc1 / 1000 + 1000);
+  tt_u64_op(msec1, OP_LE, nsec1 / 1000000 + 10);
+  tt_u64_op(usec1, OP_LE, nsec1 / 1000 + 10000);
+  tt_u64_op(msecc1, OP_LE, nsecc1 / 1000000 + 10);
+  tt_u64_op(usecc1, OP_LE, nsecc1 / 1000 + 10000);
 
  done:
   ;