diff --git a/include/zephyr/posix/sys/time.h b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/time.h
index d7e108b5ff7..71153f7155d 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/posix/sys/time.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/posix/sys/time.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct timeval {
 #endif
 
 #else
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/_timeval.h>
 #endif /* CONFIG_NEWLIB_LIBC */