diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1bf53b6..ad781830 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([sys/time.h])
 
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h des.h dlfcn.h fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h paths.h strings.h sys/file.h sys/time.h syslog.h unistd.h inttypes.h sys/uio.h sys/param.h sysexits.h stdarg.h varargs.h krb5.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(crypt.h des.h dlfcn.h fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h paths.h strings.h sys/file.h sys/time.h syslog.h time.h unistd.h inttypes.h sys/uio.h sys/param.h sysexits.h stdarg.h varargs.h krb5.h)
 
 IPv6_CHECK_SS_FAMILY()
 IPv6_CHECK_SA_LEN()
diff --git a/plugins/cram.c b/plugins/cram.c
index d02e9baa..695aaa91 100644
--- a/plugins/cram.c
+++ b/plugins/cram.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 #endif
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TIME_H
+#include <time.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <sasl.h>
 #include <saslplug.h>
 #include <saslutil.h>