diff --git a/compiler/cheaders.v b/compiler/cheaders.v
index e6650785ca..8ac536a702 100644
--- a/compiler/cheaders.v
+++ b/compiler/cheaders.v
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ CommonCHeaders = '
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <locale.h> // tolower
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
diff --git a/vlib/time/time.v b/vlib/time/time.v
index d785c2b357..a22c5222b9 100644
--- a/vlib/time/time.v
+++ b/vlib/time/time.v
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const (
 
 $if !windows {
 #include <unistd.h> // sleep	
-#include <sys/time.h>
 //#include <sys/wait.h>
 /// ^^^^ including this makes the windows build fail.
 }
@@ -367,10 +366,10 @@ pub fn (t Time) relative() string {
 }
 
 pub fn day_of_week(y, m, d int) int {
-	// Sakomotho's algorithm is explained here: 
+	// Sakomotho's algorithm is explained here:
 	// https://stackoverflow.com/a/6385934
 	t := [0, 3, 2, 5, 0, 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 4]
-	mut sy := y 
+	mut sy := y
 	if (m < 3) {
 		sy = sy - 1
 	}