diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 5cd7567b..5705f2fb 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#ifndef HAVE_RT
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -869,10 +872,16 @@ int ssh_analyze_banner(ssh_session session, int server, int *ssh1, int *ssh2) {
  * @param[out] ts pointer to an allocated ssh_timestamp structure
  */
 void ssh_timestamp_init(struct ssh_timestamp *ts){
+#ifndef HAVE_RT
+  struct timeval tp;
+  gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
+  ts->useconds = tp.tv_usec;
+#else
   struct timespec tp;
   clock_gettime(CLOCK, &tp);
-  ts->seconds = tp.tv_sec;
   ts->useconds = tp.tv_nsec / 1000;
+#endif
+  ts->seconds = tp.tv_sec;
 }
 
 /**