diff --git a/salut/test/Makefile.inc b/salut/test/Makefile.inc
index e2239e9eefe820e18ce0a7518ff3dc4940e7afe5..e918db87a0853716fee7c1c49fdd85b3c85ea745 100644
--- a/salut/test/Makefile.inc
+++ b/salut/test/Makefile.inc
@@ -88,13 +88,19 @@ ifndef $(kind2_opt)
 kind2_opt = --modular true --compositional true
 endif
 
+ifneq ("$(wildcard /usr/bin/time)","")
+    TIME=/usr/bin/time
+else
+    TIME=
+endif
+
 %.expand.kind2: %_verify.lv4
-	time kind2 --color $(color) $(kind2_opt) $<
+	$(TIME) kind2 --color $(color) $(kind2_opt) $<
 
 
 %.kind2: %.dot
 	make $*_verify.noexpand.lv4
-	time kind2 --color $(color) $(kind2_opt) $*_verify.noexpand.lv4
+	$(TIME) kind2 --color $(color) $(kind2_opt) $*_verify.noexpand.lv4
 
 %.kind2-test:
 	make color=false $*.kind2  | (grep "^ok: valid" > $*-kind2.res || echo "") ; [  -s $*-kind2.res ]
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ endif
 
 
 %.lesar:%_verify.ec
-	time lesar $< $(prop) -forward -states 10000000 
+	$(TIME)lesar $< $(prop) -forward -states 10000000 
 
 ##########################################################################################"
 # Compare sasa and salut simulation perf
@@ -139,9 +145,9 @@ endif
 %.comperf.old: %.dot %.cmxs %_oracle.lus %.lus
 	lv6 -en -2c $*.lus $*_oracle.lus -n oracle && \
 	sh oracle.sh && \
-	/usr/bin/time -o sasa2.time lurette -norif -env "sasa -seed 42 -custd $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS) " \
+	$(TIME) -o sasa2.time lurette -norif -env "sasa -seed 42 -custd $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS) " \
 		-sut "sasa -seed 42 $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS)" &&\
-	/usr/bin/time -o salut.time lurette -norif -env "sasa -seed 42 -custd $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS) " \
+	$(TIME) -o salut.time lurette -norif -env "sasa -seed 42 -custd $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS) " \
 		-oracle "./oracle.exec" \
 		-sut "sasa -seed 42 $*.dot $(SASAFLAGS)" && \
 	cat sasa.time sasa2.time salut.time