diff --git a/cde/config/makedepend/def.h b/cde/config/makedepend/def.h
index 85ef815ac..167822264 100644
--- a/cde/config/makedepend/def.h
+++ b/cde/config/makedepend/def.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ char			*realloc();
 
 char			*copy();
 char			*base_name();
-char			*getline();
+char			*our_getline();
 struct symtab		**slookup();
 struct symtab		**isdefined();
 struct symtab		**fdefined();
diff --git a/cde/config/makedepend/main.c b/cde/config/makedepend/main.c
index 631eded95..ae67ecbde 100644
--- a/cde/config/makedepend/main.c
+++ b/cde/config/makedepend/main.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ match(str, list)
  * Get the next line.  We only return lines beginning with '#' since that
  * is all this program is ever interested in.
  */
-char *getline(filep)
+char *our_getline(filep)
 	register struct filepointer	*filep;
 {
 	register char	*p,	/* walking pointer */
diff --git a/cde/config/makedepend/parse.c b/cde/config/makedepend/parse.c
index bad3fcf80..07153bee5 100644
--- a/cde/config/makedepend/parse.c
+++ b/cde/config/makedepend/parse.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ gobble(filep, file, file_red)
 	register char	*line;
 	register int	type;
 
-	while (line = getline(filep)) {
+	while (line = our_getline(filep)) {
 		switch(type = deftype(line, filep, file_red, file, FALSE)) {
 		case IF:
 		case IFFALSE:
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ find_includes(filep, file, file_red, recursion, failOK)
 	register int	type;
 	boolean recfailOK;
 
-	while (line = getline(filep)) {
+	while (line = our_getline(filep)) {
 		switch(type = deftype(line, filep, file_red, file, TRUE)) {
 		case IF:
 		doif: