diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/time.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/time.h
index 103f56660..370c13406 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/time.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/time.h
@@ -340,6 +340,33 @@ tvtosbt(struct timeval _tv)
 
 	return (((sbintime_t)_tv.tv_sec << 32) + ustosbt(_tv.tv_usec));
 }
+
+/* Operations on timespecs */
+#define	timespecclear(tvp)	((tvp)->tv_sec = (tvp)->tv_nsec = 0)
+#define	timespecisset(tvp)	((tvp)->tv_sec || (tvp)->tv_nsec)
+#define	timespeccmp(tvp, uvp, cmp)					\
+	(((tvp)->tv_sec == (uvp)->tv_sec) ?				\
+	    ((tvp)->tv_nsec cmp (uvp)->tv_nsec) :			\
+	    ((tvp)->tv_sec cmp (uvp)->tv_sec))
+
+#define	timespecadd(tsp, usp, vsp)					\
+	do {								\
+		(vsp)->tv_sec = (tsp)->tv_sec + (usp)->tv_sec;		\
+		(vsp)->tv_nsec = (tsp)->tv_nsec + (usp)->tv_nsec;	\
+		if ((vsp)->tv_nsec >= 1000000000L) {			\
+			(vsp)->tv_sec++;				\
+			(vsp)->tv_nsec -= 1000000000L;			\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+#define	timespecsub(tsp, usp, vsp)					\
+	do {								\
+		(vsp)->tv_sec = (tsp)->tv_sec - (usp)->tv_sec;		\
+		(vsp)->tv_nsec = (tsp)->tv_nsec - (usp)->tv_nsec;	\
+		if ((vsp)->tv_nsec < 0) {				\
+			(vsp)->tv_sec--;				\
+			(vsp)->tv_nsec += 1000000000L;			\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
 #endif /* __BSD_VISIBLE */
 
 /*