diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/math.h b/headers/private/kernel/math.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/headers/private/kernel/math.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023, Haiku Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _KERNEL_MATH_H
+#define _KERNEL_MATH_H
+
+/*
+	When building the kernel, the bootloader or kernel add-ons, the Haiku build system passes the
+	`-ffreestanding` argument to GCC, in order to make sure that only the C++ language features can
+	be used that do not require the C/C++ standard library.
+	The Haiku kernel and boot loaders include part of the standard library in the kernel/boot
+	loader. It uses the C/C++ standard library headers (like this one) to expose the
+	functions/features that are available in the kernel/boot loader.
+
+	If we are building for the kernel or the boot loader, the logic below will tell GCC's C++
+	headers to include the underlying posix headers, so that the kernel, the boot loader and kernel
+	add-ons can link to the symbols defined in them.
+
+	When we are NOT building for the kernel or the boot loader, we fall back to GCC's default
+	behaviour.
+*/
+
+#if (defined(_KERNEL_MODE) || defined(_BOOT_MODE)) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS)
+# define _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS
+# include_next <math.h>
+# undef _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS
+#else
+# include_next <math.h>
+#endif
+
+
+#endif // _KERNEL_MATH_H
diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/stdlib.h b/headers/private/kernel/stdlib.h
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/headers/private/kernel/stdlib.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023, Haiku Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+#ifndef _KERNEL_STDLIB_H
+#define _KERNEL_STDLIB_H
+
+/*
+	When building the kernel, the bootloader or kernel add-ons, the Haiku build system passes the
+	`-ffreestanding` argument to GCC, in order to make sure that only the C++ language features can
+	be used that do not require the C/C++ standard library.
+	The Haiku kernel and boot loaders include part of the standard library in the kernel/boot
+	loader. It uses the C/C++ standard library headers (like this one) to expose the
+	functions/features that are included.
+
+	If we are building for the kernel or the boot loader, the logic below will tell GCC's C++
+	headers to include the underlying posix headers, so that the kernel, the boot loader and kernel
+	add-ons can link to the symbols defined in them.
+
+	When we are NOT building for the kernel or the boot loader, we fall back to GCC's default
+	behaviour.
+*/
+
+#if (defined(_KERNEL_MODE) || defined(_BOOT_MODE)) && !defined(_GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS)
+# define _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS
+# include_next <stdlib.h>
+# undef _GLIBCXX_INCLUDE_NEXT_C_HEADERS
+#else
+# include_next <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
+
+#endif // _KERNEL_STDLIB_H