diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
index 3a7c04ee..5459dcde 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/conio.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ int getche() { return ::getche(); }
 #endif
 #include <termios.h>   /* tcsetattr()    */
 #include <sys/ioctl.h> /* ioctl()        */
+#include <sys/time.h>  /* timeval struct */ 
 
 namespace OpenMesh {
 namespace Utils {