diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53fad24..392588a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ libc = "0.2.186"
 [build-dependencies]
 pkg-config = "0.3.33"
 bindgen = { version = "0.72", optional = true }
+cc = "1.2"
 
 [features]
 use-bindgen = ["bindgen"]
+extra_traits = ["libc/extra_traits"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "regenerate_bindings"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 0adb5cf..15d43b6 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ extern crate pkg_config;
 extern crate bindgen;
 
 fn main() {
+    probe_time64();
+
     match pkg_config::Config::new().statik(false).probe("alsa") {
         Err(pkg_config::Error::Failure { command, output }) => panic!(
             "Pkg-config failed - usually this is because alsa development headers are not installed.\n\n\
@@ -19,6 +21,55 @@ fn main() {
     };
 }
 
+// 32-bit glibc's struct timespec is 8 or 16 bytes depending on the time64
+// transition; libc::timespec assumes 8, so ALSA can write past it and
+// segfault on 32-bit targets with time64.
+fn probe_time64() {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-check-cfg=cfg(alsa_sys_time64)");
+
+    let target_os = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS");
+    let target_env = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ENV");
+    let target_pointer_width = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_POINTER_WIDTH");
+
+    // Only glibc on 32-bit Linux has this ambiguity. musl defaulted to a
+    // 64-bit time_t from the start, and 64-bit targets already match
+    // libc::timespec natively.
+    if target_os.is_ok_and(|v| v != "linux")
+        || target_env.is_ok_and(|v| v != "gnu")
+        || target_pointer_width.is_ok_and(|v| v != "32")
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let probe_path = std::path::Path::new(&std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap()).join("time64_probe.c");
+    if let Err(e) = std::fs::write(
+        &probe_path,
+        "#include <time.h>\n\
+         #if defined(__TIMESIZE) && __TIMESIZE == 64\n\
+         alsa_sys_time64=yes\n\
+         #else\n\
+         alsa_sys_time64=no\n\
+         #endif\n",
+    ) {
+        println!("cargo:warning=alsa-sys: could not write time64 probe ({e}), assuming legacy 32-bit time_t");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // On failure, default to 32-bit time_t. A false negative is a no-op, a
+    // false positive causes segfaults.
+    let expanded = match cc::Build::new().file(&probe_path).try_expand() {
+        Ok(bytes) => bytes,
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("cargo:warning=alsa-sys: could not probe glibc time_t width ({e}), assuming legacy 32-bit time_t");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+
+    if String::from_utf8_lossy(&expanded).contains("alsa_sys_time64=yes") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=alsa_sys_time64");
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "use-bindgen")]
 fn generate_bindings(alsa_library: &pkg_config::Library) {
     use std::env;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8042f56..7377a90 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,38 @@
 #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 #![no_std]
 
-use libc::{FILE, pid_t, pollfd, timespec, timeval};
+use libc::{FILE, pid_t, pollfd};
+
+#[cfg(not(alsa_sys_time64))]
+pub use libc::{timespec, timeval};
+
+// Mirrors glibc's 32-bit time64 struct timespec; see probe_time64 in build.rs.
+#[cfg(alsa_sys_time64)]
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "extra_traits", derive(PartialEq, Eq, Hash))]
+pub struct timespec {
+    pub tv_sec: i64,
+    #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+    pub tv_nsec: i32,
+    #[cfg(target_endian = "little")]
+    __pad: i32,
+    #[cfg(target_endian = "big")]
+    __pad: i32,
+    #[cfg(target_endian = "big")]
+    pub tv_nsec: i32,
+}
+
+// Mirrors glibc's 32-bit time64 struct timeval; see probe_time64 in build.rs.
+#[cfg(alsa_sys_time64)]
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "extra_traits", derive(PartialEq, Eq, Hash))]
+pub struct timeval {
+    pub tv_sec: i64,
+    pub tv_usec: i32,
+    __pad: i32,
+}
 
 #[cfg(feature = "use-bindgen")]
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated.rs"));