diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0002-Use-configure-test-for-struct-timespec.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0002-Use-configure-test-for-struct-timespec.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa5ffde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/0002-Use-configure-test-for-struct-timespec.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 6384b37cdef4ea868c3cee27bb627e4cfbab7b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:03:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Use configure test for struct timespec
+
+Use the configure script to test for struct time spec instead of trying
+to keep track of what platforms has it.
+
+Signed-off-by: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+---
+ open-vm-tools/configure.ac           | 1 +
+ open-vm-tools/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h | 8 +-------
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
+index 124781f99..05f37f275 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
++++ b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
+@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ AC_TYPE_OFF_T
+ AC_TYPE_PID_T
+ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_rdev])
++AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct timespec.tv_sec],[],[],[[#include <time.h>]])
+ AC_HEADER_TIME
+ AC_STRUCT_TM
+ AC_C_VOLATILE
+diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
+index 609f4c000..a3a022d42 100644
+--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
++++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/hgfsUtil.h
+@@ -53,13 +53,7 @@
+ #      include <time.h>
+ #   endif
+ #   include "vm_basic_types.h"
+-#   if !defined _STRUCT_TIMESPEC &&   \
+-       !defined _TIMESPEC_DECLARED && \
+-       !defined __timespec_defined && \
+-       !defined sun && \
+-       !defined __FreeBSD__ && \
+-       !__APPLE__ && \
+-       !defined _WIN32
++#   if !defined HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC_TV_SEC
+ struct timespec {
+    time_t tv_sec;
+    long   tv_nsec;
+-- 
+2.25.1
+