diff --git a/compat/check_includes.sh b/compat/check_includes.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+# params - paths to the source files to search
+SRC="$*"
+
+# param FUNC - name of the function in compat to check
+check_compat_func () {
+	FILES=`grep -rE "([^[:alnum:]]|^)$1\([^\)]+\)" --include=\*.{c,h} $SRC | cut -d: -f1 | uniq`
+	for f in $FILES; do
+		grep -q "#include \"compat.h\"" $f
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			echo "Missing #include \"compat.h\" in file $f for function $1()"
+			RETVAL=$((RETVAL+1))
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+check_compat_macro () {
+	FILES=`grep -rE "([^[:alnum:]]|^)$1([^[:alnum:]]|$)" --include=\*.{c,h} $SRC | cut -d: -f1 | uniq`
+	for f in $FILES; do
+		grep -q "#include \"compat.h\"" $f
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			echo "Missing #include \"compat.h\" in file $f for macro $1"
+			RETVAL=$((RETVAL+1))
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+check_compat_func vdprintf
+check_compat_func asprintf
+check_compat_func vasprintf
+check_compat_func getline
+check_compat_func strndup
+check_compat_func strnstr
+check_compat_func strdupa
+check_compat_func strchrnul
+check_compat_func get_current_dir_name
+check_compat_func pthread_mutex_timedlock
+check_compat_func UNUSED
+check_compat_macro _PACKED
+
+exit $RETVAL