diff --git a/src/alert-unified-alert.c b/src/alert-unified-alert.c
index 6fb9888805..4d3a792815 100644
--- a/src/alert-unified-alert.c
+++ b/src/alert-unified-alert.c
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ typedef struct AlertUnifiedAlertPacketHeader_ {
     struct timeval ref_ts; /* Reference timestamp. */
     struct timeval ts; /* Timestamp. */
 #else
-    struct sc_timeval32 ref_ts; /* Reference timestamp. */
-    struct sc_timeval32 ts; /* Timestamp. */
+    SCTimeval32 ref_ts; /* Reference timestamp. */
+    SCTimeval32 ts; /* Timestamp. */
 #endif /* UNIFIED_NATIVE_TIMEVAL */
     uint32_t src_ip;
     uint32_t dst_ip;
diff --git a/src/alert-unified-log.c b/src/alert-unified-log.c
index a7ef6ed4a6..e0451340b6 100644
--- a/src/alert-unified-log.c
+++ b/src/alert-unified-log.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ void TmModuleAlertUnifiedLogRegister (void) {
     tmm_modules[TMM_ALERTUNIFIEDLOG].RegisterTests = AlertUnifiedLogRegisterTests;
 
     OutputRegisterModule(MODULE_NAME, "unified-log", AlertUnifiedLogInitCtx);
+
+#if __WORDSIZE == 64
+    SCLogInfo("The Unified1 module detected a 64-bit system. For Barnyard "
+            "0.2.0 to work correctly, it needs to be patched. Patch can be "
+            "found here: https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/attachments/download/184/barnyard.64bit.diff");
+#endif
 }
 
 typedef struct AlertUnifiedLogThread_ {
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ typedef struct AlertUnifiedLogPacketHeader_ {
 #ifdef UNIFIED_NATIVE_TIMEVAL
     struct timeval ref_tv;
 #else
-    struct sc_timeval32 ref_tv;
+    SCTimeval32 ref_tv;
 #endif /* UNIFIED_NATIVE_TIMEVAL */
 
     /* 32 bit unsigned flags */
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ typedef struct AlertUnifiedLogPacketHeader_ {
 #ifdef UNIFIED_NATIVE_TIMEVAL
     struct timeval tv;
 #else
-    struct sc_timeval32 tv;
+    SCTimeval32 tv;
 #endif /* UNIFIED_NATIVE_TIMEVAL */
     uint32_t caplen;
     uint32_t pktlen;
diff --git a/src/util-time.h b/src/util-time.h
index 664bc70e82..de9fb93eed 100644
--- a/src/util-time.h
+++ b/src/util-time.h
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
  *
  * Used by the unified on disk file format.
  */
-struct sc_timeval32 {
+typedef struct SCTimeval32_ {
     uint32_t tv_sec;
     uint32_t tv_usec;
-};
+} SCTimeval32;
 
 void TimeSet(struct timeval *);
 void TimeGet(struct timeval *);