diff --git a/src/backend/main/main.c b/src/backend/main/main.c
index 8d09242bf5..91ec815d8e 100644
--- a/src/backend/main/main.c
+++ b/src/backend/main/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.14 1998/02/26 04:31:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.15 1998/03/20 03:55:38 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef alpha
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
+#include <machine/hal_sysinfo.h>
+#define ASSEMBLER
+#include <sys/proc.h>
+#undef ASSEMBLER
+#endif
 #include "postgres.h"
 #ifdef USE_LOCALE
 #include <locale.h>
diff --git a/src/template/alpha b/src/template/alpha
index 3da0dfe93a..ec287496bc 100644
--- a/src/template/alpha
+++ b/src/template/alpha
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AROPT:crs
 # This is defined here because a bunch of clients include tmp/c.h,
 # which is where the work is done on HP-UX.  It only affects the
 # backend on Ultrix and OSF/1.
-CFLAGS:-DNOFIXADE
+CFLAGS:-DNOFIXADE -Dalpha
 SHARED_LIB:
 ALL:
 SRCH_INC: