diff --git a/src/include/sys/stat.h b/src/include/sys/stat.h
index f6385a66..aebe18f6 100644
--- a/src/include/sys/stat.h
+++ b/src/include/sys/stat.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define _STAT_H_INCLUDE
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #define TYPE_FIFO 1
 #define TYPE_CHARDEV 2
@@ -15,13 +16,6 @@
 #define GETTYPE(m) ((m >> 12) & 0xF)
 #define MAKETYPE(m) ((m & 0xF) << 12)
 
-typedef long time_t;
-
-struct timespec {
-        time_t tv_sec;
-        long tv_nsec;
-};
-
 
 typedef struct {
         dev_t st_dev;
diff --git a/src/include/time.h b/src/include/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c570ba58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef _TIME_H_INCLUDE
+#define _TIME_H_INCLUDE
+
+#define NS_IN_SECS 1000000000
+#define US_IN_SECS 1000000
+#define MS_IN_SECS 1000
+
+#define US_IN_MS 1000
+#define NS_IN_MS 1000000
+
+#define NS_IN_US 1000
+
+typedef long time_t;
+
+struct timespec {
+        time_t tv_sec;
+        long tv_nsec;
+};
+
+
+#endif