diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 551662867..394a7a78d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ every line in a file.
 ** r6rs-ports.test custom ports tests should no longer fail on stray closes
    Previously the custom ports weren't explicitly closed, causing
    GC-related closes to produce spurious "log" events in other tests.
+** getsockopt no longer risks a buffer overrun with timestamps
+   (<https://bugs.gnu.org/76907>)
 
 
 Changes in 3.0.10 (since 3.0.9)
diff --git a/libguile/socket.c b/libguile/socket.c
index 101afd80d..aa012c919 100644
--- a/libguile/socket.c
+++ b/libguile/socket.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 1996-1998,2000-2007,2009,2011-2015,2018,2021,2022
+/* Copyright 1996-1998,2000-2007,2009,2011-2015,2018,2021,2022,2025
      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Guile.
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ typedef union
 #endif
   size_t size;
   int    integer;
+  struct timeval timeval;
 } scm_t_getsockopt_result;
 
 SCM_DEFINE (scm_getsockopt, "getsockopt", 3, 0, 0,