1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/unicode.c b/libbb/unicode.c
index 9d316df04..80042957c 100644
--- a/libbb/unicode.c
+++ b/libbb/unicode.c
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 #include "libbb.h"
 #include "unicode.h"
 
+/* If it's not a constant... */
+#ifndef unicode_status
 uint8_t unicode_status;
+#endif
 
 size_t FAST_FUNC bb_mbstrlen(const char *string)
 {