diff --git a/lib/wrappers/linenoise/clinenoise.c b/lib/wrappers/linenoise/clinenoise.c
index a03e6f379..c76fc6586 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/linenoise/clinenoise.c
+++ b/lib/wrappers/linenoise/clinenoise.c
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include "clinenoise.h"
+#ifndef __LINENOISE_H
+#  include "clinenoise.h"
+#endif
 
 #define LINENOISE_DEFAULT_HISTORY_MAX_LEN 100
 #define LINENOISE_MAX_LINE 4096
diff --git a/lib/wrappers/linenoise/linenoise.nim b/lib/wrappers/linenoise/linenoise.nim
index b7004c6e2..4ac7bf4a8 100644
--- a/lib/wrappers/linenoise/linenoise.nim
+++ b/lib/wrappers/linenoise/linenoise.nim
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ type
 
   CompletionCallback* = proc (a2: cstring; a3: ptr Completions) {.cdecl.}
 
-{.compile: "clinenoise.c".}
+{.emit: staticRead"clinenoise.h".}
+{.emit: staticRead"clinenoise.c".}
 
 proc setCompletionCallback*(a2: ptr CompletionCallback) {.
     importc: "linenoiseSetCompletionCallback".}