diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cf1827cf..57454443 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strchr strerror strrchr mkdir gettimeofday strtoul])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getopt getopt_long snprintf vsnprintf])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftruncate fallocate fsync access posix_fallocate posix_fadvise])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pread pwrite getc_unlocked ferror_unlocked fnmatch])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimes futimens futimesat fstatat flock statfs])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimes futimens futimesat localtime_r])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fstatat flock statfs])
 
 dnl Checks for architecture
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
diff --git a/list.c b/list.c
index e1cad28f..ed3a3fc4 100644
--- a/list.c
+++ b/list.c
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ void state_list(struct snapraid_state* state)
 		/* for each file */
 		for(j=disk->filelist;j!=0;j=j->next) {
 			struct snapraid_file* file = j->data;
+#if HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
 			struct tm tm_res;
+#endif
 			struct tm* tm;
 			time_t t;
 
@@ -58,7 +60,11 @@ void state_list(struct snapraid_state* state)
 			fprintf(stdlog, "file:%s:%s:%"PRIu64":%"PRIi64":%u:%"PRIi64"\n", disk->name, file->sub, file->size, file->mtime_sec, file->mtime_nsec, file->inode);
 
 			t = file->mtime_sec;
+#if HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
 			tm = localtime_r(&t, &tm_res);
+#else
+			tm = localtime(&t);
+#endif
 
 			printf("%12"PRIu64" ", file->size);
 			if (tm) {