diff --git a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
index 314038920a..da18910b47 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c,v 1.68 2008/09/24 09:00:44 mha Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_resetxlog/pg_resetxlog.c,v 1.69 2008/11/14 21:45:07 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+
+/*
+ * We have to use postgres.h not postgres_fe.h here, because there's so much
+ * backend-only stuff in the XLOG include files we need.  But we need a
+ * frontend-ish environment otherwise.  Hence this ugly hack.
+ */
+#define FRONTEND 1
+
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include <dirent.h>