diff --git a/lib/cext/include/ruby/internal/intern/time.h b/lib/cext/include/ruby/internal/intern/time.h
index 1d23fc27410a..32f5337e415f 100644
--- a/lib/cext/include/ruby/internal/intern/time.h
+++ b/lib/cext/include/ruby/internal/intern/time.h
@@ -142,15 +142,7 @@ void rb_tr_time_timeval(VALUE time, struct timeval *result);
  * @exception  rb_eRangeError  `time` is out of range of `timeval::tv_sec`.
  * @return     A struct that represents the identical time to `num`.
  */
-#ifdef TRUFFLERUBY
-static inline struct timeval rb_time_timeval(VALUE time) {
-    struct timeval result;
-    rb_tr_time_timeval(time, &result);
-    return result;
-}
-#else
 struct timeval rb_time_timeval(VALUE time);
-#endif
 
 #ifdef TRUFFLERUBY
 void rb_tr_time_timespec(VALUE time, struct timespec *result);
@@ -163,15 +155,7 @@ void rb_tr_time_timespec(VALUE time, struct timespec *result);
  * @exception  rb_eRangeError  `time` is out of range of `timeval::tv_sec`.
  * @return     A struct that represents the identical time to `num`.
  */
-#ifdef TRUFFLERUBY
-static inline struct timespec rb_time_timespec(VALUE time) {
-    struct timespec result;
-    rb_tr_time_timespec(time, &result);
-    return result;
-}
-#else
 struct timespec rb_time_timespec(VALUE time);
-#endif
 
 /**
  * Identical to rb_time_interval(), except for return type.
diff --git a/lib/cext/include/truffleruby/truffleruby-abi-version.h b/lib/cext/include/truffleruby/truffleruby-abi-version.h
index f8e9f8e4395a..b97f6cb1741d 100644
--- a/lib/cext/include/truffleruby/truffleruby-abi-version.h
+++ b/lib/cext/include/truffleruby/truffleruby-abi-version.h
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 // $RUBY_VERSION must be the same as TruffleRuby.LANGUAGE_VERSION.
 // $ABI_NUMBER starts at 1 and is incremented for every ABI-incompatible change.
 
-#define TRUFFLERUBY_ABI_VERSION "3.2.2.10"
+#define TRUFFLERUBY_ABI_VERSION "3.2.2.11"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main/c/cext/time.c b/src/main/c/cext/time.c
index 140b1a1e47f0..8577a969daa8 100644
--- a/src/main/c/cext/time.c
+++ b/src/main/c/cext/time.c
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ void rb_tr_time_timespec(VALUE time_val, struct timespec *result) {
   result->tv_nsec = polyglot_as_i64(RUBY_INVOKE_NO_WRAP(time, "tv_nsec"));
 }
 
+// Only used with --cexts-sulong
+struct timeval rb_time_timeval(VALUE time) {
+  struct timeval result;
+  rb_tr_time_timeval(time, &result);
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Only used with --cexts-sulong
+struct timespec rb_time_timespec(VALUE time) {
+  struct timespec result;
+  rb_tr_time_timespec(time, &result);
+  return result;
+}
+
 VALUE rb_time_timespec_new(const struct timespec *ts, int offset) {
   void* is_utc = rb_tr_unwrap(rb_boolean(offset == INT_MAX-1));
   void* is_local = rb_tr_unwrap(rb_boolean(offset == INT_MAX));
diff --git a/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/bin/no_timespec b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/bin/no_timespec
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7b162eda03b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/bin/no_timespec
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'no_timespec/no_timespec'
diff --git a/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/expected.txt b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10ddd6d257e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello!
diff --git a/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/extconf.rb b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/extconf.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..567b264b9dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/extconf.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+require 'mkmf'
+$CFLAGS += ' --std=c99'
+create_makefile('no_timespec')
diff --git a/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/no_timespec.c b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/no_timespec.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab3ae8dee3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/ext/no_timespec/no_timespec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Include time.h before ruby.h, this has the effect together with --std=c99 to not define struct timespec
+#include <time.h>
+#include <ruby.h>
+
+void Init_no_timespec() {
+  // This would fail but what we want to test is that including ruby.h works in this situation
+  // struct timespec t;
+  printf("Hello!\n");
+}
diff --git a/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/lib/no_timespec/.keep b/test/truffle/cexts/no_timespec/lib/no_timespec/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/tool/generate-cext-trampoline.rb b/tool/generate-cext-trampoline.rb
index f7b360d66463..56a535330970 100755
--- a/tool/generate-cext-trampoline.rb
+++ b/tool/generate-cext-trampoline.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
   rb_tr_not_implemented
 ]
 
+RETURN_STRUCT_BY_VALUE = {
+  'rb_time_timeval' => 'rb_tr_time_timeval',
+  'rb_time_timespec' => 'rb_tr_time_timespec',
+}
+
 type_regexp = /\b(?:(?:const|unsigned|volatile|struct|enum)\s+)*\w+\b(?:\s+const)?(?:\s*\*+\s*)?/
 function_pointer_arg_regexp = /\b\w+\s*\(\*(\w+)\)\s*\([^)]*?\)/
 argument_regexp = /\bvoid\b|\.\.\.|#{type_regexp}\s*(\w+)(?:\[\d*\])?|#{function_pointer_arg_regexp}/
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ def struct_by_value?(type)
   if declaration.include? "\n"
     abort "This declaration includes newlines but should not:\n#{declaration}\n\n"
   end
-  if struct_by_value? return_type
+  if struct_by_value?(return_type) and !RETURN_STRUCT_BY_VALUE.include?(function_name)
     abort "Returning a struct by value from Sulong to NFI is not supported for:\n#{declaration}"
   end
 end
@@ -183,12 +188,15 @@ def struct_by_value?(type)
 
   f.puts "\n// Functions\n\n"
   functions.each do |declaration, return_type, function_name, argument_types|
+    next if RETURN_STRUCT_BY_VALUE.include?(function_name)
     f.puts "#undef #{function_name}"
     f.puts "static #{declaration.sub(/\{$/, '').rstrip.sub(function_name, "(*impl_#{function_name})")};"
   end
   f.puts
 
   functions.each do |declaration, return_type, function_name, argument_types|
+    next if RETURN_STRUCT_BY_VALUE.include?(function_name)
+
     argument_names = argument_types.delete_prefix('(').delete_suffix(')')
     argument_names = argument_names.scan(/(?:^|,)\s*(#{argument_regexp})\s*(?=,|$)/o)
     argument_names = argument_names.map { |full_arg, name1, name2|
@@ -237,13 +245,32 @@ def struct_by_value?(type)
     f.puts
   end
 
+  f.puts <<C
+// Return struct-by-value functions
+
+struct timeval rb_time_timeval(VALUE time) {
+  struct timeval result;
+  rb_tr_time_timeval(time, &result);
+  return result;
+}
+
+struct timespec rb_time_timespec(VALUE time) {
+  struct timespec result;
+  rb_tr_time_timespec(time, &result);
+  return result;
+}
+
+C
+
   f.puts <<C
 // Init functions
+
 void rb_tr_trampoline_init_functions(TruffleEnv* env, void* (*get_libtruffleruby_function)(const char*)) {
   nfiContext = (*env)->getTruffleContext(env);
 
 C
   functions.each do |declaration, return_type, function_name, argument_types|
+    next if RETURN_STRUCT_BY_VALUE.include?(function_name)
     f.puts "  impl_#{function_name} = get_libtruffleruby_function(\"#{function_name}\");"
   end
   f.puts "}"
diff --git a/tool/jt.rb b/tool/jt.rb
index 609b22515688..886e948b89c2 100755
--- a/tool/jt.rb
+++ b/tool/jt.rb
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ def retag(*args)
 
   ALL_CEXTS_TESTS = %w[
     tools postinstallhook
-    minimum module method globals backtraces xopenssl werror stripped
+    minimum module method globals backtraces xopenssl werror no_timespec stripped
     oily_png psd_native
     puma sqlite3 unf_ext json grpc RubyInline msgpack
   ]
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ def retag(*args)
         # Test tools
         run_ruby 'test/truffle/cexts/test_preprocess.rb'
 
-      when 'minimum', 'module', 'method', 'globals', 'backtraces', 'xopenssl', 'werror', 'stripped'
+      when 'minimum', 'module', 'method', 'globals', 'backtraces', 'xopenssl', 'werror', 'no_timespec', 'stripped'
         # Test that we can compile and run some very basic C extensions
         output_file = 'cext-output.txt'
         dir = "test/truffle/cexts/#{test_name}"