diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index eb977ad..91a088d 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 # Set security headers on builds
 require conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
 
+# Enable 64-bit time_t
+require conf/distro/include/time64.inc
+
 # obmc-libobmc-intf doesn't compile with security flags enabled
 SECURITY_CFLAGS:pn-obmc-libobmc-intf = ""