diff --git a/Include/pystrcmp.h b/Include/pystrcmp.h
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+++ b/Include/pystrcmp.h
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+#ifndef Py_STRCMP_H
+#define Py_STRCMP_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyOS_mystrnicmp(const char *, const char *, Py_ssize_t);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyOS_mystricmp(const char *, const char *);
+
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+#define PyOS_strnicmp strnicmp
+#define PyOS_stricmp stricmp
+#else
+#define PyOS_strnicmp PyOS_mystrnicmp
+#define PyOS_stricmp PyOS_mystricmp
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !Py_STRCMP_H */