diff --git a/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/compiler.h b/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/compiler.h
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+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_COMPILER_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_COMPILER_H
+
+/*
+ * This file is not currently in the Linux kernel tree.
+ * Upstream uapi headers refer to <linux/compiler.h> but there is
+ * no such uapi file. We've sent this upstream, and are optimistically
+ * adding it to bionic in the meantime. This should be replaced by
+ * a scrubbed header from external/kernel-headers when possible.
+ *
+ * An alternative to this file is to check in a symbolic link to the
+ * non-uapi <linux/compiler.h>. That's fine for building bionic too.
+ */
+
+#define __user
+#define __force
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_COMPILER_H */