diff --git a/include/TimerThread.hpp b/include/TimerThread.hpp
index 7410e29..ab3290c 100644
--- a/include/TimerThread.hpp
+++ b/include/TimerThread.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "ConditionVariable.hpp"
 
 #include <map>
-#include <ctime> // time_t
+#include <time.h> // timespec
 
 class TimerUser
 {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TimerThread : public Thread
 private:
 
   typedef struct {
-    time_t periodTime;
+    timespec periodTime;
     TimerUser* user;
   } UserEntry;
 
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ public:
 
     virtual ~TimerThread();
 
-    void addTimerUser(TimerUser* user,
-                      const time_t expiration,
-                      const time_t periodTime = 0 );
+    void addTimerUser( TimerUser* user,
+                       const time_t expiration,
+                       const time_t periodTime = 0 );
+
+    void addTimerUser( TimerUser* user,
+                       const timespec expiration,
+                       const timespec periodTime = timespec_ctor() );
 
     bool removeTimerUser ( void* timerUser );
 
@@ -54,10 +58,26 @@ private:
 
   void* run( void );
 
+  // facory function
+  inline static timespec timespec_ctor() {
+    timespec tmp = { 0, 0 };
+    return tmp;
+  };
+
+  // compare class for the multimap
+  class timespec_cmp {
+    public :
+      bool operator()(const timespec& a, const timespec& b) const {
+        if ( a.tv_sec < b.tv_sec ) return true;
+        if ( a.tv_sec > b.tv_sec ) return false;
+        return a.tv_nsec < b.tv_nsec;
+      }
+  };
+
 
   Mutex m_mutex;
   ConditionVariable m_condVar;
-  std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry> m_users;
+  std::multimap< timespec, UserEntry, timespec_cmp> m_users;
 
 }; // class TimerThread
 
diff --git a/src/TimerThread.cpp b/src/TimerThread.cpp
index c1edc1c..b67822a 100644
--- a/src/TimerThread.cpp
+++ b/src/TimerThread.cpp
@@ -31,24 +31,39 @@ void TimerThread::addTimerUser(TimerUser* user,
   TRACE;
   ScopedLock sl( m_mutex );
   if ( not m_isRunning ) return;
-  UserEntry userEntry = { periodTime, user };
-  m_users.insert( std::pair<time_t, UserEntry>( expiration, userEntry ) );
+  timespec expirationTS = { expiration, 0 };
+  timespec periodTimeTS = { periodTime, 0 };
+
+  UserEntry userEntry = { periodTimeTS, user };
+  m_users.insert( std::pair<timespec, UserEntry>( expirationTS, userEntry ) );
   m_condVar.signal();
 }
 
 
+void TimerThread::addTimerUser( TimerUser* user,
+                               const timespec expiration,
+                               const timespec periodTime )
+{
+  TRACE;
+  ScopedLock sl( m_mutex );
+  if ( not m_isRunning ) return;
+  UserEntry userEntry = { periodTime, user };
+  m_users.insert( std::pair<timespec, UserEntry>( expiration, userEntry ) );
+  m_condVar.signal();
+}
+
 
 bool TimerThread::removeTimerUser ( void* timerUser )
 {
   TRACE;
   ScopedLock sl( m_mutex );
   if ( not m_isRunning ) return false;
-  std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry>::iterator it, tmp;
+  std::multimap<timespec, UserEntry>::iterator it, tmp;
   bool found(false);
   for ( it = m_users.begin(); it != m_users.end(); ) {
     tmp = it++;
 
-    /// @todo solveth e abstract pointer problem
+    /// @todo solve the abstract pointer problem
     if ( (void*)(it->second.user) == (void*)timerUser ) {
       m_users.erase(tmp);
       m_condVar.signal();
@@ -71,12 +86,12 @@ void TimerThread::stop()
 void* TimerThread::run( void )
 {
   TRACE;
-  time_t nextExpiration;
+  timespec nextExpiration;
 
-  std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry> tmp;
-  std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry>::iterator it;
-  std::pair<std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry>::iterator,
-            std::multimap<time_t, UserEntry>::iterator> ret;
+  std::multimap<timespec, UserEntry, timespec_cmp> tmp;
+  std::multimap<timespec, UserEntry>::iterator it;
+  std::pair<std::multimap<timespec, UserEntry>::iterator,
+            std::multimap<timespec, UserEntry>::iterator> ret;
 
   while( m_isRunning ) {
 
@@ -91,7 +106,8 @@ void* TimerThread::run( void )
 
     m_mutex.lock();
     // timer deleted / added, get nextExpiration again
-    if ( m_condVar.wait( nextExpiration ) != ETIMEDOUT ) {
+    if ( m_condVar.wait( nextExpiration.tv_sec,
+                         nextExpiration.tv_nsec ) != ETIMEDOUT ) {
       continue;
     }
     m_mutex.unlock();
@@ -104,7 +120,8 @@ void* TimerThread::run( void )
     tmp.clear();
     for ( it = ret.first; it != ret.second; it++ ) {
       it->second.user->timerExpired();
-      if ( it->second.periodTime ) tmp.insert(std::pair<time_t, UserEntry>(
+      if ( it->second.periodTime.tv_sec != 0 or it->second.periodTime.tv_nsec != 0)
+        tmp.insert(std::pair<timespec, UserEntry>(
                   it->second.periodTime, it->second ) );
     }
     m_users.erase( nextExpiration );