diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a491850..474253f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_C_INLINE
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/mman.h sys/sysmacros.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/mman.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/time.h])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile Doxyfile umem.spec])
diff --git a/sol_compat.h b/sol_compat.h
index f419fb6..6b670ce 100644
--- a/sol_compat.h
+++ b/sol_compat.h
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 # define THR_RETURN DWORD
 # define THR_API WINAPI