diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6688c8f8ee..84e2813160 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   ([#949](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/949)) ([#958](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/958))
 - Added a `acct` wrapper module for enabling and disabling process accounting
   ([#952](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/952))
+- Added the `time_t` and `suseconds_t` public aliases within `sys::time`.
+  ([#968](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/968))
 
 ### Changed
 - Increased required Rust version to 1.22.1/
diff --git a/src/sys/time.rs b/src/sys/time.rs
index 51286a06b4..e300cfe7d5 100644
--- a/src/sys/time.rs
+++ b/src/sys/time.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{cmp, fmt, ops};
-use libc::{c_long, time_t, suseconds_t, timespec, timeval};
+use libc::{c_long, timespec, timeval};
+pub use libc::{time_t, suseconds_t};
 
 pub trait TimeValLike: Sized {
     #[inline]