diff --git a/libs/pbd/localtime_r.cc b/libs/pbd/localtime_r.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26e9dcc4a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pbd/localtime_r.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#ifdef WAF_BUILD
+#include "libpbd-config.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LOCALTIME_R
+#include <time.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "pbd/localtime_r.h"
+
+#ifdef localtime_r
+#undef localtime_r
+#endif
+
+struct tm *
+localtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *p_tm)
+{
+	static pthread_mutex_t time_mutex;
+	static int time_mutex_inited = 0;
+	struct tm *tmp;
+
+	if (!time_mutex_inited)
+	{
+		time_mutex_inited = 1;
+		pthread_mutex_init(&time_mutex, NULL);
+	}
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&time_mutex);
+	tmp = localtime(timep);
+	if (tmp)
+	{
+		memcpy(p_tm, tmp, sizeof(struct tm));
+		tmp = p_tm;
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&time_mutex);
+
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/localtime_r.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/localtime_r.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e7c7aa149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/localtime_r.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef PBD_LOCALTIME_R
+#define PBD_LOCALTIME_R
+#include <time.h>
+
+extern struct tm *localtime_r(const time_t *const timep, struct tm *p_tm);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/pbd/wscript b/libs/pbd/wscript
index ebf7f64ab4..797f6e2cad 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/wscript
+++ b/libs/pbd/wscript
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ libpbd_sources = [
     'glib_semaphore.cc',
     'id.cc',
     'locale_guard.cc',
+    'localtime_r.cc',
     'malign.cc',
     'mountpoint.cc',
     'openuri.cc',
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.check(header_name='execinfo.h', define_name='HAVE_EXECINFO',mandatory=False)
     conf.check(header_name='unistd.h', define_name='HAVE_UNISTD',mandatory=False)
     conf.check_cc(function_name='posix_memalign', header_name='stdlib.h', cflags='-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600', define_name='HAVE_POSIX_MEMALIGN', mandatory=False)
+    conf.check(function_name='localtime_r', header_name='time.h', define_name='HAVE_LOCALTIME_R',mandatory=False)
 
     conf.write_config_header('libpbd-config.h', remove=False)