--- a/lib/regex.h
+++ b/lib/regex.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Definitions for data structures and routines for the regular
    expression library, version 0.12.
-   Copyright (C) 1985,1989-1993,1995-1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1985,1989-93,1995-98,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.  Its master source is NOT part of
    the C library, however.  The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
 
@@ -529,10 +529,14 @@
 #  endif
 # endif
 #endif
-/* For now unconditionally define __restrict_arr to expand to nothing.
-   Ideally we would have a test for the compiler which allows defining
-   it to restrict.  */
-#define __restrict_arr
+/* gcc 3.1 and up support the [restrict] syntax.  */
+#ifndef __restrict_arr
+# if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
+#  define __restrict_arr __restrict
+# else
+#  define __restrict_arr
+# endif
+#endif
 
 /* POSIX compatibility.  */
 extern int regcomp _RE_ARGS ((regex_t *__restrict __preg,