diff --git a/lib/lstat.h b/lib/lstat.h
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+/* Retrieving information about files.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#if !LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
+extern int rpl_lstat (const char *name, struct stat *buf);
+# undef lstat
+# define lstat rpl_lstat
+#endif