3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/replace/libreplace.m4 b/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
index 24fc5cdafe..808d5d1c06 100644
--- a/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
+++ b/lib/replace/libreplace.m4
@@ -303,6 +303,29 @@ if test x$libreplace_cv_have_clock_gettime = xyes ; then
 	SMB_CHECK_CLOCK_ID(CLOCK_REALTIME)
 fi
 
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for struct timespec type],libreplace_cv_struct_timespec, [
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#if STDC_HEADERS
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#endif
+#if TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
+# include <sys/time.h>
+# include <time.h>
+#else
+# if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# else
+#  include <time.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+],[struct timespec ts;],
+	libreplace_cv_struct_timespec=yes,libreplace_cv_struct_timespec=no)])
+if test x"$libreplace_cv_struct_timespec" = x"yes"; then
+   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC,1,[Whether we have struct timespec])
+fi
+
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([printf memset memcpy],,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Required function not found])])
 
 echo "LIBREPLACE_BROKEN_CHECKS: END"
diff --git a/lib/replace/system/time.h b/lib/replace/system/time.h
index 5fce4dbc45..b6d2609289 100644
--- a/lib/replace/system/time.h
+++ b/lib/replace/system/time.h
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ struct utimbuf {
 };
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC
+struct timespec {
+	time_t tv_sec;            /* Seconds.  */
+	long tv_nsec;           /* Nanoseconds.  */
+};
+#endif
+
 #ifndef HAVE_MKTIME
 /* define is in "replace.h" */
 time_t rep_mktime(struct tm *t);
diff --git a/lib/replace/wscript b/lib/replace/wscript
index d0bbe96159..c24d6e76b3 100644
--- a/lib/replace/wscript
+++ b/lib/replace/wscript
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 			    'HAVE_%s' % c,
 			    msg='Checking whether the clock_gettime clock ID %s is available' % c)
 
+    conf.CHECK_TYPE('struct timespec', headers='sys/time.h time.h')
 
     # these headers need to be tested as a group on freebsd
     conf.CHECK_HEADERS(headers='sys/socket.h net/if.h', together=True)