diff --git a/include/utime.h b/include/utime.h
index 64511c074fa8..8f803657bc48 100644
--- a/include/utime.h
+++ b/include/utime.h
@@ -37,13 +37,19 @@
 #ifndef	_UTIME_H_
 #define	_UTIME_H_
 
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/_types.h>
+
+#ifndef _TIME_T_DECLARED
+typedef	__time_t	time_t;
+#define	_TIME_T_DECLARED
+#endif
+
 struct utimbuf {
 	time_t actime;		/* Access time */
 	time_t modtime;		/* Modification time */
 };
 
-#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 int utime(const char *, const struct utimbuf *);
 __END_DECLS