diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 264029d8a2c..93c395b9ec8 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
+#include <util/time.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -271,14 +272,6 @@ CService LookupNumeric(const std::string& name, int portDefault)
     return addr;
 }
 
-struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout)
-{
-    struct timeval timeout;
-    timeout.tv_sec  = nTimeout / 1000;
-    timeout.tv_usec = (nTimeout % 1000) * 1000;
-    return timeout;
-}
-
 /** SOCKS version */
 enum SOCKSVersion: uint8_t {
     SOCKS4 = 0x04,
diff --git a/src/netbase.h b/src/netbase.h
index ac4cd97673a..3dc656d0db7 100644
--- a/src/netbase.h
+++ b/src/netbase.h
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ bool CloseSocket(SOCKET& hSocket);
 bool SetSocketNonBlocking(const SOCKET& hSocket, bool fNonBlocking);
 /** Set the TCP_NODELAY flag on a socket */
 bool SetSocketNoDelay(const SOCKET& hSocket);
-/**
- * Convert milliseconds to a struct timeval for e.g. select.
- */
-struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout);
 void InterruptSocks5(bool interrupt);
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_NETBASE_H
diff --git a/src/torcontrol.cpp b/src/torcontrol.cpp
index 90ee9422ba3..208794a4e5a 100644
--- a/src/torcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/torcontrol.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <netbase.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
+#include <util/time.h>
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <deque>
diff --git a/src/util/time.cpp b/src/util/time.cpp
index e96972fe123..4da041e5a56 100644
--- a/src/util/time.cpp
+++ b/src/util/time.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <config/bitcoin-config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <compat.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
@@ -114,3 +115,11 @@ int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str)
         return 0;
     return (ptime - epoch).total_seconds();
 }
+
+struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout)
+{
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_sec  = nTimeout / 1000;
+    timeout.tv_usec = (nTimeout % 1000) * 1000;
+    return timeout;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/time.h b/src/util/time.h
index c69f604dc62..2c0e3d83f6b 100644
--- a/src/util/time.h
+++ b/src/util/time.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H
 #define BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H
 
+#include <compat.h>
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -57,4 +59,9 @@ std::string FormatISO8601DateTime(int64_t nTime);
 std::string FormatISO8601Date(int64_t nTime);
 int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str);
 
+/**
+ * Convert milliseconds to a struct timeval for e.g. select.
+ */
+struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H