diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/time/time_1.9.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/time/time_1.9.bb
index 366a64d8e5..125554b378 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/time/time_1.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/time/time_1.9.bb
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "d2356e0fe1c0b85285d83c6b2ad51b5f"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fbacf0c81e62429df3e33bda4cee38756604f18e01d977338e23306a3e3b521e"
 
 inherit autotools
+
+# Submitted fix: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-time/2021-01/msg00000.html
+do_configure:prepend () {
+    [ ! -e ${S}/.tarball-version ] && echo ${PV} > ${S}/.tarball-version
+}