diff --git a/include/utils/Timers.h b/include/utils/Timers.h
index d015421..54ec474 100644
--- a/include/utils/Timers.h
+++ b/include/utils/Timers.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 
+#include <utils/Compat.h>
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 // C API
 
@@ -33,46 +35,46 @@
 
 typedef int64_t nsecs_t;       // nano-seconds
 
-static inline nsecs_t seconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t seconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs*1000000000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t milliseconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t milliseconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs*1000000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t microseconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t microseconds_to_nanoseconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs*1000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_seconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_seconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs/1000000000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_milliseconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_milliseconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs/1000000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_microseconds(nsecs_t secs)
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t nanoseconds_to_microseconds(nsecs_t secs)
 {
     return secs/1000;
 }
 
-static inline nsecs_t s2ns(nsecs_t v)  {return seconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
-static inline nsecs_t ms2ns(nsecs_t v) {return milliseconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
-static inline nsecs_t us2ns(nsecs_t v) {return microseconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
-static inline nsecs_t ns2s(nsecs_t v)  {return nanoseconds_to_seconds(v);}
-static inline nsecs_t ns2ms(nsecs_t v) {return nanoseconds_to_milliseconds(v);}
-static inline nsecs_t ns2us(nsecs_t v) {return nanoseconds_to_microseconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t s2ns(nsecs_t v)  {return seconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t ms2ns(nsecs_t v) {return milliseconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t us2ns(nsecs_t v) {return microseconds_to_nanoseconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t ns2s(nsecs_t v)  {return nanoseconds_to_seconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t ns2ms(nsecs_t v) {return nanoseconds_to_milliseconds(v);}
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t ns2us(nsecs_t v) {return nanoseconds_to_microseconds(v);}
 
-static inline nsecs_t seconds(nsecs_t v)      { return s2ns(v); }
-static inline nsecs_t milliseconds(nsecs_t v) { return ms2ns(v); }
-static inline nsecs_t microseconds(nsecs_t v) { return us2ns(v); }
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t seconds(nsecs_t v)      { return s2ns(v); }
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t milliseconds(nsecs_t v) { return ms2ns(v); }
+static CONSTEXPR inline nsecs_t microseconds(nsecs_t v) { return us2ns(v); }
 
 enum {
     SYSTEM_TIME_REALTIME = 0,  // system-wide realtime clock