diff --git a/include/stdlib.h b/include/stdlib.h
--- a/include/stdlib.h
+++ b/include/stdlib.h
@@ -336,8 +336,12 @@
  * historical FreeBSD qsort_r() comparator signature, so applications
  * written for the historical interface can continue to work without
  * modification.
+ *
+ * We don't apply the workaround for TCC, since it doesn't support
+ * symbol versioning.
  */
-#if defined(__generic) || defined(__cplusplus)
+#ifndef __TCC__
+#if (defined(__generic) || defined(__cplusplus))
 void __qsort_r_compat(void *, size_t, size_t, void *,
 	    int (*)(void *, const void *, const void *));
 __sym_compat(qsort_r, __qsort_r_compat, FBSD_1.0);
@@ -356,6 +360,7 @@
 }
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 #endif
+#endif /* __TCC__ */
 
 extern char *suboptarg;			/* getsubopt(3) external variable */
 #endif /* __BSD_VISIBLE */