diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eec22eea63..f93d3d6e15 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2006-03-09  Christian Stimming <stimming@tuhh.de>
 
-	* lib/libqof/qof/qoflog.c, gnc-date.c: Add substitution code for
-	unavailable functions gettimeofday and gmtime_r.
+	* lib/libqof/qof/qoflog.c, lib/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c,
+	src/engine/Transaction.c: Add substitution code for unavailable
+	functions gettimeofday and gmtime_r.
 
 	* configure.in, Makefile.am: Replace "ln -sf" by "$(LN_S) -f" for
 	systems that don't have symbolic links available.
diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index 2736735019..230f400d8a 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,12 @@ xaccTransCommitEdit (Transaction *trans)
    /* Record the time of last modification */
    if (0 == trans->date_entered.tv_sec) {
       struct timeval tv;
+#ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
       gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+#else
+      time (&(tv.tv_sec));
+      tv.tv_usec = 0;
+#endif
       trans->date_entered.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
       trans->date_entered.tv_nsec = 1000 * tv.tv_usec;
    }