diff --git a/lib/pure/times.nim b/lib/pure/times.nim
index bad003a3e1667..eff912d129230 100644
--- a/lib/pure/times.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/times.nim
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ when defined(posix) and not defined(JS):
 elif defined(windows):
   import winlean
 
-  when defined(vcc) or defined(bcc):
+  when defined(vcc) or defined(bcc) or defined(icl):
     # newest version of Visual C++ defines time_t to be of 64 bits
     type TimeImpl {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = int64
     # visual c's c runtime exposes these under a different name