diff --git a/include/mbedtls/threading.h b/include/mbedtls/threading.h
index c25daa5..4cfaadd 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/threading.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/threading.h
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
 extern mbedtls_threading_mutex_t mbedtls_threading_readdir_mutex;
 #endif
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__unix__) || \
+    (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)))
+#include <unistd.h>
+#if !defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
+extern mbedtls_threading_mutex_t mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex;
+#endif /* !_POSIX_VERSION */
+#endif /* !_WIN32 && (__unix__ || (__APPLE__ && __MACH__)) */
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE */
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_THREADING_C */
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/library/threading.c b/library/threading.c
index 7a32e67..fa4f6c9 100644
--- a/library/threading.c
+++ b/library/threading.c
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 
 #include "mbedtls/threading.h"
 
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__unix__) || \
+    (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)))
+#include <unistd.h>
+#if !defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
+#define MBEDTLS_THREADING_USE_GMTIME
+#endif /* !_POSIX_VERSION */
+#endif /* !_WIN32 && (__unix__ || (__APPLE__ && __MACH__)) */
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_PTHREAD)
 static void threading_mutex_init_pthread( mbedtls_threading_mutex_t *mutex )
 {
@@ -114,6 +122,9 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
     mbedtls_mutex_init( &mbedtls_threading_readdir_mutex );
 #endif
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_USE_GMTIME)
+    mbedtls_mutex_init( &mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex );
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -124,6 +135,9 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
     mbedtls_mutex_free( &mbedtls_threading_readdir_mutex );
 #endif
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_USE_GMTIME)
+    mbedtls_mutex_free( &mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex );
+#endif
 }
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_THREADING_ALT */
 
@@ -136,5 +150,8 @@
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_FS_IO)
 mbedtls_threading_mutex_t mbedtls_threading_readdir_mutex MUTEX_INIT;
 #endif
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_USE_GMTIME)
+mbedtls_threading_mutex_t mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex MUTEX_INIT;
+#endif
 
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_THREADING_C */
diff --git a/library/x509.c b/library/x509.c
index 2e6795f..b7e799b 100644
--- a/library/x509.c
+++ b/library/x509.c
@@ -890,6 +890,14 @@
 }
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME_DATE)
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__unix__) || \
+    (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)))
+#include <unistd.h>
+#if !defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
+#define MBEDTLS_X509_USE_GMTIME
+#endif /* !_POSIX_VERSION */
+#endif /* !_WIN32 && (__unix__ || (__APPLE__ && __MACH__)) */
+
 /*
  * Set the time structure to the current time.
  * Return 0 on success, non-zero on failure.
@@ -900,11 +908,20 @@
     mbedtls_time_t tt;
     int ret = 0;
 
+    (void)tm_buf;
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_C) && defined(MBEDTLS_X509_USE_GMTIME)
+    if( mbedtls_mutex_lock( &mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex ) != 0 )
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_THREADING_MUTEX_ERROR );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_THREADING_C && MBEDTLS_X509_USE_GMTIME */
+
     tt = mbedtls_time( NULL );
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(EFIX64) && !defined(EFI32)
     lt = gmtime_s( &tm_buf, &tt ) == 0 ? &tm_buf : NULL;
-#else
+#elif defined(_POSIX_VERSION)
     lt = gmtime_r( &tt, &tm_buf );
+#else
+    lt = gmtime( &tt );
 #endif
 
     if( lt == NULL )
@@ -919,6 +936,11 @@
         now->sec  = lt->tm_sec;
     }
 
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_THREADING_C) && defined(MBEDTLS_X509_USE_GMTIME)
+    if( mbedtls_mutex_unlock( &mbedtls_threading_gmtime_mutex ) != 0 )
+        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_THREADING_MUTEX_ERROR );
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_THREADING_C && MBEDTLS_X509_USE_GMTIME */
+
     return( ret );
 }