diff --git a/ares/nameser.h b/ares/nameser.h
index 1faeb6ff8fb2a78c765147666ff4c017c5df95ed..a7587d0021859a987e0f3c52e6d97e20cc19d984 100644
--- a/ares/nameser.h
+++ b/ares/nameser.h
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ struct iovec
     size_t iov_len;     /* Length of data.  */
 };
 
+#ifndef __WATCOMC__
 #define getpid() _getpid()
+#endif
 
 int ares_writev (SOCKET s, const struct iovec *vector, size_t count);
 #define writev(s,vect,count)  ares_writev(s,vect,count)
diff --git a/ares/setup.h b/ares/setup.h
index a5899d883c33451e74b925b6ba1a13a6f400659b..465e012fe00546c1e75bf1f3601b8006b85e1ce8 100644
--- a/ares/setup.h
+++ b/ares/setup.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ typedef int ares_socket_t;
  * Assume a few thing unless they're set by configure
  */
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_SYS_TIME_H) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if !defined(HAVE_SYS_TIME_H) && !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__WATCOMC__)
 #define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #endif