diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index 670c45f022db41a480093661177eb3ec969a72c8..af56f7aec8d9b49179df2c1c53f392cb36c59fd2 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #ifndef _WIN32_WCE
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #endif
+#ifndef __WATCOMC__
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif