diff --git a/opal/util/qsort.c b/opal/util/qsort.c
index 4831501cd8..3a10d5f70b 100644
--- a/opal/util/qsort.c
+++ b/opal/util/qsort.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include "ompi_config.h"
 
+#if OMPI_HAVE_BROKEN_QSORT
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "opal/util/qsort.h"
@@ -172,3 +174,5 @@ loop:	SWAPINIT(a, es);
 	}
 /*		qsort(pn - r, r / es, es, cmp);*/
 }
+
+#endif /* OMPI_HAVE_BROKEN_QSORT */
diff --git a/opal/util/qsort.h b/opal/util/qsort.h
index a8a2e3fb26..218ae6544f 100644
--- a/opal/util/qsort.h
+++ b/opal/util/qsort.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #ifndef OPAL_QSORT_H
 #define OPAL_QSORT_H
 
+#if OMPI_HAVE_BROKEN_QSORT
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h> /* for size_t */
 #endif
@@ -31,4 +33,8 @@ void opal_qsort(void *a, size_t n, size_t es, int (*cmp)(const void *, const voi
 }
 #endif
 
+#else
+#error "Don't include opal/qsort/qsort.h directly"
+#endif /* OMPI_HAVE_BROKEN_QSORT */
+
 #endif