diff --git a/configure b/configure
index aa1856d673..52c25b484c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ HAVE_LIST="
     sys_resource_h
     sys_select_h
     sys_soundcard_h
+    sys_time_h
     sys_videoio_h
     threads
     trunc
@@ -2873,6 +2874,7 @@ check_header sys/mman.h
 check_header sys/param.h
 check_header sys/resource.h
 check_header sys/select.h
+check_header sys/time.h
 check_header unistd.h
 check_header vdpau/vdpau.h
 check_header vdpau/vdpau_x11.h
diff --git a/libavformat/os_support.c b/libavformat/os_support.c
index eaada4be0b..0cbaf453db 100644
--- a/libavformat/os_support.c
+++ b/libavformat/os_support.c
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ int ff_win32_open(const char *filename_utf8, int oflag, int pmode)
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #if !HAVE_POLL_H
+#if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
 #if HAVE_WINSOCK2_H
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #elif HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H