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diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/in.h b/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/in.h
index e959b33ea..d763ce9fc 100644
--- a/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/in.h
+++ b/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/in.h
@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
# error "Never use <bits/in.h> directly; include <netinet/in.h> instead."
#endif
+/* If the application has already included linux/in6.h from a linux-based
+ kernel then we will not define the IPv6 IPPROTO_* defines, in6_addr (nor the
+ defines), sockaddr_in6, or ipv6_mreq. The ABI used by the linux-kernel and
+ glibc match exactly. Neither the linux kernel nor glibc should break this
+ ABI without coordination. */
+#ifdef _UAPI_LINUX_IN6_H
+/* This is not quite the same API since the kernel always defines s6_addr16 and
+ s6_addr32. This is not a violation of POSIX since POSIX says "at least the
+ following member" and that holds true. */
+# define __USE_KERNEL_IPV6_DEFS
+#endif
+
/* Options for use with `getsockopt' and `setsockopt' at the IP level.
The first word in the comment at the right is the data type used;
"bool" means a boolean value stored in an `int'. */