diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
index 8972f90c3..0efe00b45 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
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 #include <iostream>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <retroshare/rsmsgs.h>