diff --git a/src/header/glob/mod.rs b/src/header/glob/mod.rs
index 66f3f5d66a..0041fe2f61 100644
--- a/src/header/glob/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/glob/mod.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub const GLOB_ABORTED: c_int = 2;
 // Pattern does not match any existing pathname, and GLOB_NOCHECK was not set
 pub const GLOB_NOMATCH: c_int = 3;
 
+#[linkage = "weak"] // GNU prefers its own glob e.g. in Make
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct glob_t {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub struct glob_t {
     __opaque: *mut c_void, // Vec<*mut c_char>
 }
 
+#[linkage = "weak"] // GNU prefers its own glob e.g. in Make
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn glob(
     pattern: *const c_char,
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn glob(
     0
 }
 
+#[linkage = "weak"] // GNU prefers its own glob e.g. in Make
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn globfree(pglob: *mut glob_t) {
     // Retake ownership