diff --git a/source/heimdal_build/roken.h b/source/heimdal_build/roken.h
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+/*
+  a wrapper to avoid double inclusion of the real roken.h
+ */
+#ifndef _ROKEN_H_
+#define _ROKEN_H_
+#include "heimdal/lib/roken/roken.h"
+#endif