diff -urN a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@
 AC_TYPE_PID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_rdev])
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct timespec.tv_sec],[],[],[[#include <time.h>]])
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_STRUCT_TM
 AC_C_VOLATILE
diff -urN a/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h b/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
--- a/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
+++ b/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
@@ -53,13 +53,7 @@
 #      include <time.h>
 #   endif
 #   include "vm_basic_types.h"
-#   if !defined _STRUCT_TIMESPEC &&   \
-       !defined _TIMESPEC_DECLARED && \
-       !defined __timespec_defined && \
-       !defined sun && \
-       !defined __FreeBSD__ && \
-       !__APPLE__ && \
-       !defined _WIN32
+#   if !defined HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC_TV_SEC
 struct timespec {
    time_t tv_sec;
    long   tv_nsec;