diff --git a/src/libfaketime.c b/src/libfaketime.c
index eadd6b4..a6651c5 100644
--- a/src/libfaketime.c
+++ b/src/libfaketime.c
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ static pthread_once_t initialized_once_control = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 /* prototypes */
 static int    fake_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv);
 static int    fake_clock_gettime(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *tp);
+static int    fake_current_realtime(struct timespec *tp);
+static int    fake_current_timeval(struct timeval *tv);
 int           read_config_file();
 bool          str_array_contains(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
 void *ft_dlvsym(void *handle, const char *symbol, const char *version, const char *full_name, char *ignore_list, bool should_debug_dlsym);
@@ -1296,7 +1298,12 @@ int utime(const char *filename, const struct utimbuf *times)
   {
     if (times == NULL)
     { /* The user wants their given fake times left alone but they requested NOW, so turn it into fake NOW */
-      ntbuf.actime = ntbuf.modtime = time(NULL);
+      struct timespec now;
+      if (fake_current_realtime(&now) == -1)
+      {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      ntbuf.actime = ntbuf.modtime = now.tv_sec;
       times = &ntbuf;
     }
   }
@@ -1329,7 +1336,10 @@ int utimes(const char *filename, const struct timeval times[2])
   {
     if (times == NULL)
     { /* The user wants their given fake times left alone but they requested NOW, so turn it into fake NOW */
-      fake_gettimeofday(&tn[0]);
+      if (fake_current_timeval(&tn[0]) == -1)
+      {
+        return -1;
+      }
       tn[1] = tn[0];
       times = tn;
     }
@@ -1364,6 +1374,22 @@ static int fake_current_realtime(struct timespec *tp)
   return fake_clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, tp);
 }
 
+static int fake_current_timeval(struct timeval *tv)
+{
+  struct timespec ts;
+  int result;
+
+  result = fake_current_realtime(&ts);
+  if (result == -1)
+  {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  tv->tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+  tv->tv_usec = ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /* This conditionally offsets 2 timespec values. The caller's out_times array
  * always contains valid translated values, even if in_times was NULL. */
 static int fake_two_timespec(const struct timespec in_times[2], struct timespec out_times[2])
diff --git a/test/timetest.c b/test/timetest.c
index e559b42..96fd054 100644
--- a/test/timetest.c
+++ b/test/timetest.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <utime.h>
 
 #define MONO_FIX_TIMEOUT_SECONDS     1
 #define MONO_FIX_TOLERANCE_SECONDS   0.25 // Increased tolerance slightly for CI environments
@@ -57,6 +58,50 @@ static int fake_monotonic_clock = 0;
 static int fake_monotonic_clock = 1;
 #endif
 
+static void test_utime_now(void)
+{
+  char path[] = "/tmp/libfaketime-utime-XXXXXX";
+  int fd;
+
+  fd = mkstemp(path);
+  if (fd == -1)
+  {
+    perror("mkstemp");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  if (utime(path, NULL) == -1)
+  {
+    perror("utime(NULL)");
+    close(fd);
+    unlink(path);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  if (utimes(path, NULL) == -1)
+  {
+    perror("utimes(NULL)");
+    close(fd);
+    unlink(path);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  if (close(fd) == -1)
+  {
+    perror("close");
+    unlink(path);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  if (unlink(path) == -1)
+  {
+    perror("unlink");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
+  printf("utime()/utimes(): NOW handling passed\n");
+}
+
 static void test_utimens_now(void)
 {
   char path[] = "/tmp/libfaketime-utimensat-XXXXXX";
@@ -369,6 +414,7 @@ printf("%s", 0 == 1 ? argv[0] : "");
     printf("gettimeofday() : Current date and time: %s", ctime(&tv.tv_sec));
 
 #ifndef __APPLE__
+    test_utime_now();
     test_utimens_now();
     if (sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &mask, NULL) == -1)
     {