2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/time.cpp b/src/util/time.cpp
index e96972fe12..4da041e5a5 100644
--- a/src/util/time.cpp
+++ b/src/util/time.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <config/bitcoin-config.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <compat.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
@@ -114,3 +115,11 @@ int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str)
         return 0;
     return (ptime - epoch).total_seconds();
 }
+
+struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout)
+{
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    timeout.tv_sec  = nTimeout / 1000;
+    timeout.tv_usec = (nTimeout % 1000) * 1000;
+    return timeout;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/time.h b/src/util/time.h
index c69f604dc6..2c0e3d83f6 100644
--- a/src/util/time.h
+++ b/src/util/time.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H
 #define BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H
 
+#include <compat.h>
+
 #include <chrono>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string>
@@ -57,4 +59,9 @@ std::string FormatISO8601DateTime(int64_t nTime);
 std::string FormatISO8601Date(int64_t nTime);
 int64_t ParseISO8601DateTime(const std::string& str);
 
+/**
+ * Convert milliseconds to a struct timeval for e.g. select.
+ */
+struct timeval MillisToTimeval(int64_t nTimeout);
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_TIME_H