--- a/src/linux_uinput.cpp	2015-11-09 11:19:35.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/linux_uinput.cpp	2020-12-06 17:53:41.472516394 +0100
@@ -289,9 +289,12 @@
   needs_sync = true;
 
   struct input_event ev;
+  struct timeval tv;
   memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
 
-  gettimeofday(&ev.time, NULL);
+  gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+  ev.input_event_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+  ev.input_event_usec = tv.tv_usec;
   ev.type  = type;
   ev.code  = code;
   if (ev.type == EV_KEY)