diff --git a/src/proto/time.pro b/src/proto/time.pro
index d9739b4188..9d6d9e962a 100644
--- a/src/proto/time.pro
+++ b/src/proto/time.pro
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void f_timer_pause(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv);
 void f_timer_start(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv);
 void f_timer_stop(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv);
 void f_timer_stopall(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv);
-#if defined(MSWIN) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#if (defined(MSWIN) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && !defined(FEAT_RUBY)
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, char *dummy);
 #endif
 void time_push(void *tv_rel, void *tv_start);
diff --git a/src/time.c b/src/time.c
index d451799485..830a94cd61 100644
--- a/src/time.c
+++ b/src/time.c
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ get_ctime(time_t thetime, int add_newline)
     return buf;
 }
 
-#if defined(MSWIN) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+// Ruby has its own version of gettimeofday
+#if (defined(MSWIN) || defined(__MINGW32__)) && !defined(FEAT_RUBY)
 /*
  * Windows doesn't have gettimeofday(), although it does have struct timeval.
  */
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 595c100f08..df58dfd3cc 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    1706,
 /**/
     1705,
 /**/