diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 520ff16..a73bb84 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([off_t])
 
 # Check headers/libs
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gethostbyname getaddrinfo gettimeofday inet_ntoa memset socket])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([network],[socket])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([wolfssl],[wolfCrypt_Init],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([libwolfssl is required for ${PACKAGE}. It can be obtained from https://www.wolfssl.com/download.html/ .])])
 
diff --git a/wolfssh/wolfscp.h b/wolfssh/wolfscp.h
index b67e613..6592f20 100644
--- a/wolfssh/wolfscp.h
+++ b/wolfssh/wolfscp.h
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(WOLFSSH_SCP_USER_CALLBACKS) && !defined(NO_FILESYSTEM)
-    /* for utimes() */
-    #include <sys/time.h>
+    #include <time.h>
+    #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+        #include <sys/time.h>
+    #endif
     #include <errno.h>
 
     typedef struct ScpSendCtx {