diff --git a/signalbackup/setfiletimestamp.cc b/signalbackup/setfiletimestamp.cc
index f53a168..d2d1c5e 100644
--- a/signalbackup/setfiletimestamp.cc
+++ b/signalbackup/setfiletimestamp.cc
@@ -21,24 +21,23 @@

 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW64__)

-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>

 bool SignalBackup::setFileTimeStamp(std::string const &file, long long int time_usec) const
 {
-  struct timespec ntimes[] =
+  struct timeval ntimes[] =
   {
     {                                   // ntimes[0] =
       time_usec / 1000,                 // tv_sec, seconds
-      (time_usec % 1000) * 1000         // tv_usec, nanoseconds
+      static_cast<int>(time_usec)       // tv_usec, nanoseconds
     },
     {                                   // ntimes[1] =
       time_usec / 1000,                 // tv_sec, seconds
-      (time_usec % 1000) * 1000         // tv_usec, nanoseconds
+      static_cast<int>(time_usec)       // tv_usec, nanoseconds
     }
   };

-  return (utimensat(AT_FDCWD, file.c_str(), ntimes, 0) == 0);
+  return (utimes(file.c_str(), ntimes) == 0);
 }

 #else // this is poorly tested, I don't have windows