diff --git a/src/util/u_queue.c b/src/util/u_queue.c
index 6161260634e..cae4cc316d2 100644
--- a/src/util/u_queue.c
+++ b/src/util/u_queue.c
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ _util_queue_fence_wait_timeout(struct util_queue_fence *fence,
    if (rel > 0) {
       struct timespec ts;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TIMESPEC_GET
       timespec_get(&ts, TIME_UTC);
+#else
+      clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
+#endif
 
       ts.tv_sec += abs_timeout / (1000*1000*1000);
       ts.tv_nsec += abs_timeout % (1000*1000*1000);