diff --git a/libsuinput/src/suinput.c b/libsuinput/src/suinput.c
index 8d5fb71..8c368e6 100644
--- a/libsuinput/src/suinput.c
+++ b/libsuinput/src/suinput.c
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 
 #include "suinput.h"
 
+#ifndef input_event_sec
+#define input_event_sec time.tv_sec
+#endif
+
+#ifndef input_event_usec
+#define input_event_usec time.tv_usec
+#endif
+
 int suinput_write_event(int uinput_fd, const struct input_event *event_p)
 {
         ssize_t bytes;
@@ -43,9 +51,12 @@ int suinput_emit(int uinput_fd, uint16_t ev_type, uint16_t ev_code,
                  int32_t ev_value)
 {
         struct input_event event;
+		struct timeval tv;
 
         memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
-        gettimeofday(&event.time, 0);
+        gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
+		event.input_event_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+		event.input_event_usec = tv.tv_usec;
         event.type = ev_type;
         event.code = ev_code;
         event.value = ev_value;