diff --git a/src/engine/date.h b/src/engine/date.h
index cb0165d788..ce4cf6833a 100644
--- a/src/engine/date.h
+++ b/src/engine/date.h
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ typedef enum
  * assuming that all the other modern compilers are clean on this
  * issue too. */
 
+#ifndef SWIG   /* swig 1.1p5 can't hack the long long type */
 struct timespec64
 {
    long long int tv_sec;     
    long int tv_nsec;
 };
+#endif /* SWIG */
 
 typedef struct timespec64 Timespec;