-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-# include <config.h>
-#endif
-
-/* The specification of these functions is in sys_stat.h. But we cannot
- include this include file here, because on some systems, a
- "#define lstat lstat64" is being used, and sys_stat.h deletes this
- definition. */
+/* If the user's config.h happens to include <sys/stat.h>, let it include only
+ the system's <sys/stat.h> here, so that orig_lstat doesn't recurse to
+ rpl_lstat. */
+#define __need_system_sys_stat_h
+#include <config.h>
+
+#if !HAVE_LSTAT
+/* On systems that lack symlinks, our replacement <sys/stat.h> already
+ defined lstat as stat, so there is nothing further to do other than
+ avoid an empty file. */
+typedef int dummy;
+#else /* HAVE_LSTAT */
+
+/* Get the original definition of lstat. It might be defined as a macro. */
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include <sys/stat.h>
+# undef __need_system_sys_stat_h
+
+static inline int
+orig_lstat (const char *filename, struct stat *buf)
+{
+ return lstat (filename, buf);
+}