diff --git a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/creat.c b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/creat.c
index ed7a872d4a..46fd4b5b60 100644
--- a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/creat.c
+++ b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/creat.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_CREAT
 /* This is needed by f2c and therefore the SPEC benchmarks.  */
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -17,3 +18,4 @@ creat (const char *path, mode_t mode)
 {
   return open (path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode);
 }
+#endif