diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-input/main.c b/contrib/vhost-user-input/main.c
index c15d18c33f..081230da54 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-input/main.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-input/main.c
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 
-#include <linux/input.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
 #include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "libvhost-user-glib.h"
+#include "standard-headers/linux/input.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_input.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
@@ -113,13 +114,16 @@ vi_evdev_watch(VuDev *dev, int condition, void *data)
 static void vi_handle_status(VuInput *vi, virtio_input_event *event)
 {
     struct input_event evdev;
+    struct timeval tval;
     int rc;
 
-    if (gettimeofday(&evdev.time, NULL)) {
+    if (gettimeofday(&tval, NULL)) {
         perror("vi_handle_status: gettimeofday");
         return;
     }
 
+    evdev.input_event_sec = tval.tv_sec;
+    evdev.input_event_usec = tval.tv_usec;
     evdev.type = le16toh(event->type);
     evdev.code = le16toh(event->code);
     evdev.value = le32toh(event->value);
diff --git a/hw/input/virtio-input-host.c b/hw/input/virtio-input-host.c
index 85daf73f1a..137efba57b 100644
--- a/hw/input/virtio-input-host.c
+++ b/hw/input/virtio-input-host.c
@@ -193,13 +193,16 @@ static void virtio_input_host_handle_status(VirtIOInput *vinput,
 {
     VirtIOInputHost *vih = VIRTIO_INPUT_HOST(vinput);
     struct input_event evdev;
+    struct timeval tval;
     int rc;
 
-    if (gettimeofday(&evdev.time, NULL)) {
+    if (gettimeofday(&tval, NULL)) {
         perror("virtio_input_host_handle_status: gettimeofday");
         return;
     }
 
+    evdev.input_event_sec = tval.tv_sec;
+    evdev.input_event_usec = tval.tv_usec;
     evdev.type = le16_to_cpu(event->type);
     evdev.code = le16_to_cpu(event->code);
     evdev.value = le32_to_cpu(event->value);