diff --git a/include/common/compat.h b/include/common/compat.h
index 34d1b35c5..d43b89dd6 100644
--- a/include/common/compat.h
+++ b/include/common/compat.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define _COMMON_COMPAT_H
 
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 /* This is needed on Linux for Netfilter includes */
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -96,6 +98,17 @@
 #define F_SETPIPE_SZ (1024 + 7)
 #endif
 
+/* systems without such defines do not know clockid_t */
+#if !defined(_POSIX_TIMERS) || (_POSIX_C_SOURCE < 199309L)
+#define clockid_t int
+#undef CLOCK_REALTIME
+#undef CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#undef CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID
+#define CLOCK_REALTIME           0
+#define CLOCK_MONOTONIC          1
+#define CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID  2
+#endif
+
 #if defined(TPROXY) && defined(NETFILTER)
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv6.h>