diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7b310859e97124376195c9bf7fcf4fe9b951d346..e8cdbfb3d0df0ba6ecfe60aa46914cf959165017 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -932,6 +932,9 @@ endif
 ifdef NO_ST_BLOCKS_IN_STRUCT_STAT
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_ST_BLOCKS_IN_STRUCT_STAT
 endif
+ifdef USE_NSEC
+	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_NSEC
+endif
 ifdef USE_ST_TIMESPEC
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_ST_TIMESPEC
 endif