diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a61713dae0..37447e1fb0 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -561,3 +561,10 @@ David  6 Mar 2008
 
     wrapper/
         wrapper.C
+
+David  6 Mar 2008
+    - Wrapper (Mac): use elapse wall time as CPU time;
+        there's no easy way to get another process's CPU time in Mac OS X
+
+    wrapper/
+        wrapper.C
diff --git a/wrapper/wrapper.C b/wrapper/wrapper.C
index 12958289a4..e3ec69c9f3 100644
--- a/wrapper/wrapper.C
+++ b/wrapper/wrapper.C
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ double TASK::cpu_time() {
     totTime = tKernel.QuadPart + tUser.QuadPart;
 
     return totTime / 1.e7;
+#else if defined(__APPLE__)
+    // There's no easy way to get another process's CPU time in Mac OS X
+    //
+    return wall_cpu_time;
 #else
     return  linux_cpu_time(pid);
 #endif