diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/stdbool.h b/usr/dummy-include/stdbool.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54ff9e9c90ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/stdbool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _STDBOOL_H
+#define _STDBOOL_H
+
+#error "Please do not include <stdbool.h> from exported headers"
+
+#endif /* _STDBOOL_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/stdlib.h b/usr/dummy-include/stdlib.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8c21888e371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/stdlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _STDLIB_H
+#define _STDLIB_H
+
+#error "Please do not include <stdlib.h> from exported headers"
+
+#endif /* _STDLIB_H */
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index fa9819e022b7..7740777b49f8 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ UAPI_CFLAGS += $(filter -m32 -m64 --target=%, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 # USERCFLAGS might contain sysroot location for CC.
 UAPI_CFLAGS += $(USERCFLAGS)
 
-override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
+override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I $(obj) -I $(srctree)/usr/dummy-include
 
 # The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.
 #