diff --git a/utils/patch_from_Brad_Aagaard_to_make_Scotch_compile_on_MacOS.txt b/utils/patch_from_Brad_Aagaard_to_make_Scotch_compile_on_MacOS.txt
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+++ b/utils/patch_from_Brad_Aagaard_to_make_Scotch_compile_on_MacOS.txt
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+
+in file scotch/src/libscotch/common.c change:
+
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tp);
+
+to:
+
+#if defined(_POSIX_TIMERS) && _POSIX_TIMERS > 0
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &tp);
+#else
+    struct timeval tv;
+    gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    tp.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+    tp.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+#endif
+