diff -up /dev/null gc-7.0/include/extra/gc.h
--- /dev/null	2007-08-28 14:44:51.958644302 -0500
+++ gc-7.0/include/extra/gc.h	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* This file is installed for backward compatibility. */
+#include <gc/gc.h>
diff -up /dev/null gc-7.0/include/extra/gc_cpp.h
--- /dev/null	2007-08-28 14:44:51.958644302 -0500
+++ gc-7.0/include/extra/gc_cpp.h	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* This file is installed for backward compatibility. */
+#include <gc/gc_cpp.h>
diff -up gc-7.0/include/include.am.compat_header gc-7.0/include/include.am
--- gc-7.0/include/include.am.compat_header	2005-10-10 17:33:34.000000000 -0500
+++ gc-7.0/include/include.am	2007-08-29 10:56:16.000000000 -0500
@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ dist_noinst_HEADERS += \
 	include/cord.h \
 	include/ec.h \
 	include/javaxfc.h 
+
+# unprefixed header
+include_HEADERS += \
+	include/extra/gc.h \
+	include/extra/gc_cpp.h
+
diff -up gc-7.0/Makefile.in.compat_header gc-7.0/Makefile.in
--- gc-7.0/Makefile.in.compat_header	2007-06-28 16:12:36.000000000 -0500
+++ gc-7.0/Makefile.in	2007-08-29 10:58:17.000000000 -0500
@@ -462,7 +462,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST = gc_cpp.cpp README.QUICK BCC
 # C Library
 # ---------
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgc.la $(am__append_4) libcord.la
-include_HEADERS = 
+# unprefixed header
+include_HEADERS = \
+	include/extra/gc.h \
+	include/extra/gc_cpp.h
 
 # installed headers
 #