diff --git a/Source/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index d635692e6..c937ea5a4 100644
--- a/Source/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES)
 unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
 
 #include(CheckSymbolExists)
-CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(gettimeofday GDCM_HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
+CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS(gettimeofday "sys/time.h" GDCM_HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
 # json-c API changed:
 if(GDCM_USE_SYSTEM_JSON)
   set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${JSON_INCLUDE_DIRS})