diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31d2af3de..b49e5a8ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-10-15  Robert Larice
+ * src/include/ngspice.h ,
+ * src/main.c ,
+ * src/misc/misc_time.h :
+    collect extern timebegin in "misc_time.h"
+
 2010-10-15  Robert Larice
  * src/ciderlib/support/globals.c ,
  * src/ciderlib/support/mater.c ,
diff --git a/src/include/ngspice.h b/src/include/ngspice.h
index 09c2ce3da..d3a814b95 100644
--- a/src/include/ngspice.h
+++ b/src/include/ngspice.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
 #  else
 #    ifdef HAVE_FTIME
 #      include <sys/timeb.h>
-extern struct timeb timebegin;
 #    endif
 #  endif
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ddc11b805..6997920dc 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ extern int rl_catch_signals;        /* missing from editline/readline.h */
 #include "spicelib/devices/dev.h"
 #include "spicelib/analysis/analysis.h"
 #include "misc/ivars.h"
+#include "misc/misc_time.h"
 #if defined(HAVE_GETOPT_LONG) && defined(HAVE_GETOPT_H)
 #include <getopt.h>
 #else
@@ -185,12 +186,6 @@ static void append_to_stream(FILE *dest, FILE *source);
 #endif /* SIMULATOR */
 
 
-#ifndef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
-#ifdef HAVE_FTIME
-extern struct timeb timebegin;      /* for use w/ ftime */
-#endif
-#endif
-
 extern IFsimulator SIMinfo;
 
 #ifdef SIMULATOR
diff --git a/src/misc/misc_time.h b/src/misc/misc_time.h
index b866ab650..fe0ff4eba 100644
--- a/src/misc/misc_time.h
+++ b/src/misc/misc_time.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ double seconds(void);
 #ifndef HAVE_TIMES
 #ifdef HAVE_FTIME
 
+extern struct timeb timebegin;
+
 void timediff(struct timeb *, struct timeb *, int *, int *);
 
 #endif