diff --git a/src/tools/pginclude/cpluspluscheck b/src/tools/pginclude/cpluspluscheck
index 1f0fa47ba8..b9ce51c224 100755
--- a/src/tools/pginclude/cpluspluscheck
+++ b/src/tools/pginclude/cpluspluscheck
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for f in `find src/include src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h src/interfaces/libpq/
 do
 	{
 	    echo ' extern "C" {'
-	    echo '#include "postgres.h"'
+	    test $f != "src/include/postgres_fe.h" && echo '#include "postgres.h"'
 	    echo "#include \"$f\""
 	    echo '};'
 	} >$tmp/test.cpp