diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/ctype.h b/tools/include/nolibc/ctype.h
index e3000b2992d7..6f90706d0644 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/ctype.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/ctype.h
@@ -96,4 +96,7 @@ int ispunct(int c)
 	return isgraph(c) && !isalnum(c);
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_CTYPE_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/errno.h b/tools/include/nolibc/errno.h
index 06893d6dfb7a..9dc4919c769b 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/errno.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/errno.h
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ static int errno;
  */
 #define MAX_ERRNO 4095
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_ERRNO_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/signal.h b/tools/include/nolibc/signal.h
index ef47e71e2be3..137552216e46 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/signal.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/signal.h
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ int raise(int signal)
 	return sys_kill(sys_getpid(), signal);
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
index a3cebc4bc3ac..96ac8afc5aee 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
@@ -303,4 +303,7 @@ void perror(const char *msg)
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s%serrno=%d\n", (msg && *msg) ? msg : "", (msg && *msg) ? ": " : "", errno);
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_STDIO_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/stdlib.h b/tools/include/nolibc/stdlib.h
index 92378c4b9660..a24000d1e822 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdlib.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdlib.h
@@ -419,4 +419,7 @@ char *u64toa(uint64_t in)
 	return itoa_buffer;
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_STDLIB_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/string.h b/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
index ad97c0d522b8..0932db3817d2 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/string.h
@@ -285,4 +285,7 @@ char *strrchr(const char *s, int c)
 	return (char *)ret;
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_STRING_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
index ce3ee03aa679..78473d34e27c 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
@@ -1243,5 +1243,7 @@ ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
 
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_SYS_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/time.h b/tools/include/nolibc/time.h
index d18b7661fdd7..84655361b9ad 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/time.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/time.h
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ time_t time(time_t *tptr)
 	return tv.tv_sec;
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_TIME_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
index f1d64fca7cf0..fbbc0e68c001 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
@@ -209,4 +209,7 @@ struct stat {
 })
 #endif
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h b/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
index 1c25e20ee360..1cfcd52106a4 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/unistd.h
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ int tcsetpgrp(int fd, pid_t pid)
 	return ioctl(fd, TIOCSPGRP, &pid);
 }
 
+/* make sure to include all global symbols */
+#include "nolibc.h"
+
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_UNISTD_H */