diff --git a/include/lib/libc/time.h b/include/lib/libc/time.h
index 71d3e7e..714884b 100644
--- a/include/lib/libc/time.h
+++ b/include/lib/libc/time.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 /*
- * Portions copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors.
+ * Portions copyright (c) 2018-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #include <time_.h>
 
+typedef long int time_t;
+
 #ifndef NULL
 #define NULL ((void *) 0)
 #endif