diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2bea4c59..9ceccec0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ Current release
 What's new in psycopg 2.8.4
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+- Fixed building with Python 3.8 (:ticket:`#854`).
 - Don't swallow keyboard interrupts on connect when a password is specified
   in the connection string (:ticket:`#898`).
 - Don't advance replication cursor when the message wasn't confirmed
   (:ticket:`#940`).
+- Fixed inclusion of ``time.h`` on linux (:ticket:`#951`).
 - Fixed int overflow for large values in `~psycopg2.extensions.Column.table_oid`
-  and `~psycopg2.extensions.Column.type_code` (:ticket:`961`).
-- Fixed building with Python 3.8 (:ticket:`854`).
+  and `~psycopg2.extensions.Column.type_code` (:ticket:`#961`).
 - `~psycopg2.errorcodes` map and `~psycopg2.errors` classes updated to
   PostgreSQL 12.
 
diff --git a/psycopg/pqpath.c b/psycopg/pqpath.c
index 28774cd8..a9ce0a36 100644
--- a/psycopg/pqpath.c
+++ b/psycopg/pqpath.c
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 #include <winsock2.h>
 /* gettimeofday() */
 #include "win32_support.h"
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__sun) && defined(__SVR4)
+#elif defined(__sun) && defined(__SVR4)
 #include "solaris_support.h"
+#else
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
 
 extern HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_DescriptionType;