diff --git a/system/nxinit/action.c b/system/nxinit/action.c
index b677e6760..0975682b7 100644
--- a/system/nxinit/action.c
+++ b/system/nxinit/action.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/system/nxinit/action.h b/system/nxinit/action.h
index 672621d13..908b907b4 100644
--- a/system/nxinit/action.h
+++ b/system/nxinit/action.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/list.h>
 
+#include <time.h>
+
 #include "parser.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************