diff --git a/examples/standalone/hello_world.c
b/examples/standalone/hello_world.c
index 067c390..91a2deb 100644
--- a/examples/standalone/hello_world.c
+++ b/examples/standalone/hello_world.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  * MA 02111-1307 USA
  */

-#include <common.h>
 #include <exports.h>

 int hello_world (int argc, char * const argv[])
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index a7fb05e..dca33b8 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -29,18 +29,7 @@

 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__        /* put C only stuff in this section */

-typedef unsigned char        uchar;
-typedef volatile unsigned long    vu_long;
-typedef volatile unsigned short vu_short;
-typedef volatile unsigned char    vu_char;
-
-#include <config.h>
-#include <asm-offsets.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <asm/ptrace.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI) && (defined(CONFIG_4xx) && !defined(CONFIG_AP1000))
 #include <pci.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/include/exports.h b/include/exports.h
index 63aa4b2..d874235 100644
--- a/include/exports.h
+++ b/include/exports.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@

 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__

+#include <stddef.h>
+
 /* These are declarations of exported functions available in C code */
 unsigned long get_version(void);
 int  getc(void);
diff --git a/include/stddef.h b/include/stddef.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fea85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/stddef.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2009
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.     See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+#ifndef __STDDEF_H__
+#define __STDDEF_H__
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+typedef unsigned char           uchar;
+typedef volatile unsigned long  vu_long;
+typedef volatile unsigned short vu_short;
+typedef volatile unsigned char  vu_char;
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <asm-offsets.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __STDDEF_H__ */