diff --git a/libguile/mkstemp.c b/libguile/mkstemp.c
index 795132ce7..6e35f40df 100644
--- a/libguile/mkstemp.c
+++ b/libguile/mkstemp.c
@@ -15,7 +15,31 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
    License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
    write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 
+
+   As a special exception, the Free Software Foundation gives permission
+   for additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE.
+
+   The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files
+   to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the
+   resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+   Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of
+   linking the GUILE library code into it.
+
+   This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
+   the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+
+   This exception applies only to the code released by the
+   Free Software Foundation under the name GUILE.  If you copy
+   code from other Free Software Foundation releases into a copy of
+   GUILE, as the General Public License permits, the exception does
+   not apply to the code that you add in this way.  To avoid misleading
+   anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete
+   this exception notice from them.
+
+   If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice
+   whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
+   If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice.  */
 
 #include "libguile/scmconfig.h"