diff --git a/headers/posix/sys/param.h b/headers/posix/sys/param.h
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+#ifndef _SYS_PARAM_H
+#define _SYS_PARAM_H
+
+#include <limits.h>
+
+#define MAXPATHLEN      PATH_MAX
+#define MAXSYMLINKS		SYMLINKS_MAX
+
+#define NOFILE          OPEN_MAX
+
+#define MIN(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+#define MAX(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+
+/* maximum possible length of this machine's hostname */
+#define MAXHOSTNAMELEN 256
+
+#endif	/* _SYS_PARAM_H */