diff --git a/src/m/vax.h b/src/m/vax.h
index 303d8d76b02cdf7fc3fccdd58ff388aa6227c867..fa50e65be732e472008de03c0fac02406a4b8686 100644
--- a/src/m/vax.h
+++ b/src/m/vax.h
@@ -125,3 +125,7 @@ NOTE-END  */
 #ifdef VMS
 #define C_ALLOCA
 #endif
+
+#ifdef BSD4_2
+#define HAVE_FTIME
+#endif