--- a/src/sys_ext/internal/utime.rs
+++ b/src/sys_ext/internal/utime.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
 impl<'a> From<&'a UtimeSpec> for libc::timespec {
     fn from(time: &'a UtimeSpec) -> libc::timespec {
+		// Debian: In Debian packaged rust-libc 0.2.153-2, a private pad field
+		// was added to libc::timespec for specific architectures, failing the
+		// origianl struct literal syntax.
+		// SAFETY: The pad should be 0, and .tv_sec was 0 in original code.
+		let mut spec: libc::timespec = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
         match time {
-            UtimeSpec::Now => libc::timespec {
-                tv_sec: 0,
-                tv_nsec: libc::UTIME_NOW,
+            UtimeSpec::Now => {
+				spec.tv_nsec = libc::UTIME_NOW;
             },
-            UtimeSpec::Omit => libc::timespec {
-                tv_sec: 0,
-                tv_nsec: libc::UTIME_OMIT,
+            UtimeSpec::Omit => {
+                spec.tv_nsec = libc::UTIME_OMIT;
             },
-            UtimeSpec::Time(spec) => *spec.as_ref(),
+            UtimeSpec::Time(spec) => return *spec.as_ref(),
         }
+		spec
     }
 }