-#if OWN_LIBIPTC
-# include "libiptc/libiptc.h"
-# include "libiptc/libip6tc.h"
-#else
-# include <libiptc/libiptc.h>
-# include <libiptc/libip6tc.h>
+#include <libiptc/libiptc.h>
+#include <libiptc/libip6tc.h>
+
+/*
+ * iptc_handle_t was available before libiptc was officially available as a
+ * shared library. Note, that when the shared lib was introduced, the API and
+ * ABI have changed slightly:
+ * 'iptc_handle_t' used to be 'struct iptc_handle *' and most functions used
+ * 'iptc_handle_t *' as an argument. Now, most functions use 'struct
+ * iptc_handle *' (thus removing one level of pointer indirection).
+ *
+ * HAVE_IPTC_HANDLE_T is used to determine which API ought to be used. While
+ * this is somewhat hacky, I didn't find better way to solve that :-/
+ * -tokkee
+ */
+#ifndef HAVE_IPTC_HANDLE_T
+typedef struct iptc_handle iptc_handle_t;
+#endif
+#ifndef HAVE_IP6TC_HANDLE_T
+typedef struct ip6tc_handle ip6tc_handle_t;