diff --git a/src/libCom/osiTimeOSD.cc b/src/libCom/osiTimeOSD.cc
index 5cde38655..f0b5f965e 100644
--- a/src/libCom/osiTimeOSD.cc
+++ b/src/libCom/osiTimeOSD.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 #include <osiTime.h>
 
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 
 #ifdef SUNOS4
 extern "C" {
@@ -10,17 +8,47 @@ int gettimeofday (struct timeval *tp, struct timezone *tzp);
 }
 #endif
 
-//
-// osiTime::getCurrent ()
-//
-osiTime osiTime::getCurrent ()
-{
-        int             status;
-        struct timeval  tv;
- 
-        status = gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
-        assert (status==0);
- 
-        return osiTime(tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec * nSecPerUSec);
-}
+#if defined(UNIX)
+
+#	include <sys/types.h>
+#	include <sys/time.h>
+
+	//
+	// osiTime::getCurrent ()
+	//
+	osiTime osiTime::getCurrent ()
+	{
+		int             status;
+		struct timeval  tv;
+	 
+		status = gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
+		assert (status==0);
+	 
+		return osiTime(tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec * nSecPerUSec);
+	}
+
+#elif defined(vxWorks)
+
+#	include <tickLib.h>
+#	include <sysLib.h>
+
+	//
+	// osiTime::getCurrent ()
+	//
+	osiTime osiTime::getCurrent ()
+	{
+		ULONG	ticks;
+		ULONG	sec;
+		ULONG	nsec;
+		ULONG	rate = sysClkRateGet();
+	 
+		ticks = tickGet();
+		sec = ticks/rate;
+		nsec = (ticks%rate)*(nSecPerSec/rate); 
+	 
+		return osiTime(sec, nsec);
+	}
+#else
+#	error please define an OS type
+#endif