diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
index 9ec40406e..01fc2d08d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-channel.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "../weechat-plugin.h"
 #include "irc.h"