diff --git a/components/epiktimer/epiktimer.pas b/components/epiktimer/epiktimer.pas
index 6b0ebcaa7..78b70721e 100644
--- a/components/epiktimer/epiktimer.pas
+++ b/components/epiktimer/epiktimer.pas
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ uses
 {$IFDEF Windows}
   Windows, MMSystem,
 {$ELSE}
-  unix, unixutil,
+  unix, unixutil, BaseUnix,
 {$ENDIF}
   Classes, SysUtils, dateutils;