diff --git a/libguile/continuations.c b/libguile/continuations.c
index bf51d59a4..db30bddd6 100644
--- a/libguile/continuations.c
+++ b/libguile/continuations.c
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ struct rv
   long retval;
   long first_return;
 };
-extern struct rv getcontext (ucontext_t *);
-extern int setcontext (ucontext_t *);
+extern struct rv ia64_getcontext (ucontext_t *) __asm__ ("getcontext");
 #endif /* __ia64__ */
 
 /* this may return more than once: the first time with the escape
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ scm_make_continuation (int *first)
   memcpy (continuation->stack, src, sizeof (SCM_STACKITEM) * stack_size);
 
 #ifdef __ia64__
-  rv = getcontext (&continuation->ctx);
+  rv = ia64_getcontext (&continuation->ctx);
   if (rv.first_return)
     {
       continuation->backing_store_size = 
diff --git a/libguile/continuations.h b/libguile/continuations.h
index f43b9e2e0..1ad479549 100644
--- a/libguile/continuations.h
+++ b/libguile/continuations.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #ifndef CONTINUATIONSH
 #define CONTINUATIONSH
-/*	Copyright (C) 1995,1996, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/*	Copyright (C) 1995,1996, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  * 
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include "libguile/__scm.h"
 
 #ifdef __ia64__
-#include <sys/ucontext.h>
+#include <ucontext.h>
 extern unsigned long  __libc_ia64_register_backing_store_base;
 #endif