diff --git a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
index 2acd7cea623..41276473a8b 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
+++ b/boehm-gc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-16  Bryce McKinlay  <mckinlay@redhat.com>
+
+	* specific.c: Check GC_LINUX_THREADS before including 
+	private/specific.h. From Richard Earnshaw.
+
 2004-08-16  Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* aclocal.m4: Remove obsolete construct for old automake.
diff --git a/boehm-gc/specific.c b/boehm-gc/specific.c
index f4e8aeed62c..7d5d8894d81 100644
--- a/boehm-gc/specific.c
+++ b/boehm-gc/specific.c
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
  */
 
 #include "private/gc_priv.h" /* For GC_compare_and_exchange, GC_memory_barrier */
-#include "private/specific.h"
 
 #if defined(GC_LINUX_THREADS)
 
+#include "private/specific.h"
+
 static tse invalid_tse = {INVALID_QTID, 0, 0, INVALID_THREADID};
 			/* A thread-specific data entry which will never	*/
 			/* appear valid to a reader.  Used to fill in empty	*/