diff --git a/lib/roken/Makefile.am b/lib/roken/Makefile.am
index 82cbba0ea..52edf6c90 100644
--- a/lib/roken/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/roken/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_builddir)/include
 
 lib_LIBRARIES = libroken.a
 
+noinst_PROGRAMS = make-roken
+
 libroken_a_SOURCES = \
 	base64.c concat.c get_window_size.c getarg.c inaddr2str.o \
 	k_getpwnam.c	\
@@ -13,3 +15,25 @@ libroken_a_SOURCES = \
 	snprintf.c strcasecmp.c verify.c warnerr.c
 
 libroken_a_LIBADD = @LIBOBJS@
+
+$(libroken_a_OBJECTS): roken.h
+
+incdir = $(includedir)
+inc_DATA = roken.h
+idir = $(top_builddir)/include
+
+all-local: $(inc_DATA)
+	@for i in $(inc_DATA); do \
+		if cmp -s  $$i $(idir)/$$i 2> /dev/null ; then :; else\
+			echo " $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(idir)/$$i"; \
+			$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(idir)/$$i; \
+		fi ; \
+	done
+
+roken.h: make-roken
+	@./make-roken > tmp.h ;\
+	if [ -f roken.h ] && cmp -s tmp.h roken.h ; then rm -f tmp.h ; \
+	else rm -f roken.h; mv tmp.h roken.h; fi
+
+make-roken.c: roken.h.in roken.awk
+	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/roken.awk $(srcdir)/roken.h.in > make-roken.c