diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a87c604aa..297dcdd62 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ matrix:
         - make arminstall
         - make armfuzz
 
+    # Introduced to check compat with old toolchains, to prevent e.g. #1872
+    - name: ARM Build Test (on Trusty)
+      dist: trusty
+      script:
+        - make arminstall
+        - make armbuild
+
     - name: Qemu PPC + Fuzz Test    # ~13mn
       dist: trusty   # it seems ppc cross-compilation fails on "current"
       script:
diff --git a/programs/platform.h b/programs/platform.h
index 5934e59cf..64ecd21fc 100644
--- a/programs/platform.h
+++ b/programs/platform.h
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif   /* PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION */
 
 
+#if PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION > 1
+   /* glibc < 2.26 may not expose struct timespec def without this.
+    * See issue #1920. */
+#  ifndef _ATFILE_SOURCE
+#    define _ATFILE_SOURCE
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+
 /*-*********************************************
 *  Detect if isatty() and fileno() are available
 ************************************************/
diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 0fc95512e..51d848018 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -145,20 +145,24 @@ int UTIL_setFileStat(const char *filename, stat_t *statbuf)
         return -1;
 
     /* set access and modification times */
-#if defined(_WIN32) || (PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION < 200809L)
+    /* We check that st_mtime is a macro here in order to give us confidence
+     * that struct stat has a struct timespec st_mtim member. We need this
+     * check because there are some platforms that claim to be POSIX 2008
+     * compliant but which do not have st_mtim... */
+#if (PLATFORM_POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L) && defined(st_mtime)
+    {
+        /* (atime, mtime) */
+        struct timespec timebuf[2] = { {0, UTIME_NOW} };
+        timebuf[1] = statbuf->st_mtim;
+        res += utimensat(AT_FDCWD, filename, timebuf, 0);
+    }
+#else
     {
         struct utimbuf timebuf;
         timebuf.actime = time(NULL);
         timebuf.modtime = statbuf->st_mtime;
         res += utime(filename, &timebuf);
     }
-#else
-    {
-        /* (atime, mtime) */
-        struct timespec timebuf[2] = { {0, UTIME_NOW} };
-        timebuf[1].tv_sec = statbuf->st_mtime;
-        res += utimensat(AT_FDCWD, filename, timebuf, 0);
-    }
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)