diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog
index 0563fd939..919f0e95c 100644
--- a/libguile/ChangeLog
+++ b/libguile/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-07-21  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+	* scmsigs.c: include sys/time.h for itimer stuff.
+
 2001-07-18  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 
 	* alist.c, arbiters.c, async.h, backtrace.h, boolean.c, chars.c,
diff --git a/libguile/scmsigs.c b/libguile/scmsigs.c
index ef3e80c68..93f806a33 100644
--- a/libguile/scmsigs.c
+++ b/libguile/scmsigs.c
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+
 /* The thread system has its own sleep and usleep functions.  */
 #ifndef USE_THREADS