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diff --git a/src/lib/cc/compat_compiler.h b/src/lib/cc/compat_compiler.h
index fbe6a38f1f..5f5f244d02 100644
--- a/src/lib/cc/compat_compiler.h
+++ b/src/lib/cc/compat_compiler.h
@@ -223,4 +223,16 @@
/** Macro: Yields the number of elements in array x. */
#define ARRAY_LENGTH(x) ((sizeof(x)) / sizeof(x[0]))
-#endif /* !defined(TOR_COMPAT_H) */
+/**
+ * "Eat" a semicolon that somebody puts at the end of a top-level macro.
+ *
+ * Frequently, we want to declare a macro that people will use at file scope,
+ * and we want to allow people to put a semicolon after the macro.
+ *
+ * This declaration of a struct can be repeated any number of times, and takes
+ * a trailing semicolon afterwards.
+ **/
+#define EAT_SEMICOLON \
+ struct dummy_semicolon_eater__
+
+#endif /* !defined(TOR_COMPAT_COMPILER_H) */