diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9797b8c..af1d25a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC_STDC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(gettimeofday, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY, 1, [Defines if gettimeofday is available on your system]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(localtime_r, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LOCALTIME_R, 1, [Defines if localtime_r is available on your system]))
 
 dnl Enable these unconditionally.
 AC_DEFINE([OPI_SUPPORT], [1], [Generate OPI comments in PS output.])
diff --git a/glib/test-poppler-glib.c b/glib/test-poppler-glib.c
index 007353c..6c8e840 100644
--- a/glib/test-poppler-glib.c
+++ b/glib/test-poppler-glib.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include "poppler.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define FAIL(msg) \
 	do { fprintf (stderr, "FAIL: %s\n", msg); exit (-1); } while (0)
@@ -11,14 +12,19 @@ static gchar *
 poppler_format_date (GTime utime)
 {
 	time_t time = (time_t) utime;
-	struct tm t;
 	char s[256];
 	const char *fmt_hack = "%c";
 	size_t len;
-
+#ifdef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+	struct tm t;
 	if (time == 0 || !localtime_r (&time, &t)) return NULL;
-
 	len = strftime (s, sizeof (s), fmt_hack, &t);
+#else
+	struct tm *t;
+	if (time == 0 || !(t = localtime (&time)) ) return NULL;
+	len = strftime (s, sizeof (s), fmt_hack, t);
+#endif
+
 	if (len == 0 || s[0] == '\0') return NULL;
 
 	return g_locale_to_utf8 (s, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);