diff --git a/src/lib/evloop/timers.c b/src/lib/evloop/timers.c
index 4b2a96ef7d..23562971ca 100644
--- a/src/lib/evloop/timers.c
+++ b/src/lib/evloop/timers.c
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ struct timeout_cb {
 /*
  * These definitions are for timeouts.c  and timeouts.h.
  */
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#ifdef COCCI
+#define TIMEOUT_PUBLIC
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
 /* We're not exposing any of the functions outside this file. */
 #define TIMEOUT_PUBLIC __attribute__((__unused__)) static
 #else