diff --git a/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index eea449ca4c..937cddda4e 100644
--- a/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,11 @@ void wxXmlResource::UpdateResources()
                     wxLogError(_("Resource files must have same version number!"));
 
                 ProcessPlatformProperty(m_data[i].Doc->GetRoot());
+#if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 				m_data[i].Time = file->GetModificationTime();
+#else
+                m_data[i].Time = wxDateTime(wxFileModificationTime(m_data[i].File));
+#endif
 			}
 
 #           if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
diff --git a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
index eea449ca4c..937cddda4e 100644
--- a/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
+++ b/src/xrc/xmlres.cpp
@@ -399,7 +399,11 @@ void wxXmlResource::UpdateResources()
                     wxLogError(_("Resource files must have same version number!"));
 
                 ProcessPlatformProperty(m_data[i].Doc->GetRoot());
+#if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM
 				m_data[i].Time = file->GetModificationTime();
+#else
+                m_data[i].Time = wxDateTime(wxFileModificationTime(m_data[i].File));
+#endif
 			}
 
 #           if wxUSE_FILESYSTEM