diff --git a/lib/roken/roken-common.h b/lib/roken/roken-common.h
index 4d3828b53..8345220db 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken-common.h
+++ b/lib/roken/roken-common.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1995 - 2001 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden).
  * All rights reserved.
  * 
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@
 #define SHUT_RDWR 2
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__
+#define __attribute__(x)
+#endif
+
 ROKEN_CPP_START
 
 #if IRIX != 4 /* fix for compiler bug */