diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
index df527ac021..014b9e5289 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "access/xlog.h"
 #include "access/xlog_internal.h"