--- ppp-2.4.5.orig/pppd/main.c	2009-11-16 23:26:07.000000000 +0100
+++ ppp-2.4.5/pppd/main.c	2011-01-16 15:51:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
 
 #include "pppd.h"
 #include "magic.h"
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ static struct subprocess *children;
 
 /* Prototypes for procedures local to this file. */
 
+static void check_time(void);
 static void setup_signals __P((void));
 static void create_pidfile __P((int pid));
 static void create_linkpidfile __P((int pid));
@@ -530,6 +532,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	    info("Starting link");
 	}
 
+	check_time();
 	gettimeofday(&start_time, NULL);
 	script_unsetenv("CONNECT_TIME");
 	script_unsetenv("BYTES_SENT");
@@ -1263,6 +1266,36 @@ struct	callout {
 
 static struct callout *callout = NULL;	/* Callout list */
 static struct timeval timenow;		/* Current time */
+static long uptime_diff = 0;
+static int uptime_diff_set = 0;
+
+static void check_time(void)
+{
+	long new_diff;
+	struct timeval t;
+	struct sysinfo i;
+    struct callout *p;
+	
+	gettimeofday(&t, NULL);
+	sysinfo(&i);
+	new_diff = t.tv_sec - i.uptime;
+	
+	if (!uptime_diff_set) {
+		uptime_diff = new_diff;
+		uptime_diff_set = 1;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if ((new_diff - 5 > uptime_diff) || (new_diff + 5 < uptime_diff)) {
+		/* system time has changed, update counters and timeouts */
+		info("System time change detected.");
+		start_time.tv_sec += new_diff - uptime_diff;
+		
+    	for (p = callout; p != NULL; p = p->c_next)
+			p->c_time.tv_sec += new_diff - uptime_diff;
+	}
+	uptime_diff = new_diff;
+}
 
 /*
  * timeout - Schedule a timeout.
@@ -1333,6 +1366,8 @@ calltimeout()
 {
     struct callout *p;
 
+	check_time();
+	
     while (callout != NULL) {
 	p = callout;
 
@@ -1360,6 +1395,8 @@ timeleft(tvp)
 {
     if (callout == NULL)
 	return NULL;
+	
+	check_time();
 
     gettimeofday(&timenow, NULL);
     tvp->tv_sec = callout->c_time.tv_sec - timenow.tv_sec;