diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d865fb..064de58 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@airbnb/node-memwatch",
   "description": "Keep an eye on your memory usage, and discover and isolate leaks.",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "author": "Lloyd Hilaiel (http://lloyd.io)",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 10.0"
diff --git a/src/memwatch.cc b/src/memwatch.cc
index 26b9c64..c5e5507 100644
--- a/src/memwatch.cc
+++ b/src/memwatch.cc
@@ -16,13 +16,26 @@
 
 #include <math.h> // for pow
 #include <time.h> // for time
-#include <sys/time.h>
+// #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <chrono> // use chrono instead of sys/time.h
 
 using namespace v8;
 using namespace node;
 
 Local<Object> g_context;
 
+// define gettimeofday which uses chrono, earlier it was defined in header sys/time.h which is now deprecated
+int gettimeofday(struct timeval* tp, struct timezone* tzp) {
+  namespace sc = std::chrono;
+  sc::system_clock::duration d = sc::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch();
+  sc::seconds s = sc::duration_cast<sc::seconds>(d);
+  tp->tv_sec = s.count();
+  tp->tv_usec = sc::duration_cast<sc::microseconds>(d - s).count();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
 class UponGCCallback : public Nan::AsyncResource {
     public:
     UponGCCallback(v8::Local<v8::Function> callback_) : Nan::AsyncResource("memwatch:upon_gc") {