diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index d3cd23f3003..f4e3184fa05 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -659,6 +659,12 @@ extern int do_sysinfo(struct sysinfo *info);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
+#ifndef __EXPORTED_HEADERS__
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#warning Attempt to use kernel headers from user space, see http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* __EXPORTED_HEADERS__ */
+
 #define SI_LOAD_SHIFT	16
 struct sysinfo {
 	long uptime;			/* Seconds since boot */
diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl
index c6ae4052ab4..b89ca2c58fd 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_install.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use strict;
 
 my ($readdir, $installdir, $arch, @files) = @ARGV;
 
-my $unifdef = "scripts/unifdef -U__KERNEL__";
+my $unifdef = "scripts/unifdef -U__KERNEL__ -D__EXPORTED_HEADERS__";
 
 foreach my $file (@files) {
 	local *INFILE;