diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f6c19868d1..420682ffc3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate bitflags;
 
-pub extern crate libc;
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 extern crate nix_test as nixtest;
 
+mod exports {
+    extern crate libc;
+}
+
 // Re-exports
+pub use exports::libc;
 pub use libc::{c_int, c_void};
 pub use errno::Errno;