diff --git a/1987/westley/Makefile b/1987/westley/Makefile
index f69ac9fb3..c2c2d8377 100644
--- a/1987/westley/Makefile
+++ b/1987/westley/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ include ../../var.mk
 # Common C compiler warnings to silence
 #
 CSILENCE= -Wno-for-loop-analysis -Wno-unused-value \
-	-Wno-deprecated-non-prototype -Wno-strict-prototypes
+	-Wno-deprecated-non-prototype -Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-implicit-int
 
 # Common C compiler warning flags
 #
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CDEFINE=
 
 # Include files that are needed to compile
 #
-CINCLUDE=
+CINCLUDE= -include stdio.h
 
 # Optimization
 #
diff --git a/1987/westley/README.md b/1987/westley/README.md
index d638e4534..f13e98662 100644
--- a/1987/westley/README.md
+++ b/1987/westley/README.md
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ Use `westley.alt` as you would `westley` above.
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 `putchar()` must exist in the C library and not just as a macro.
-If it fails to compile, add the line:  `#include <stdio.h>`  at the
-top of the program.
+If it fails to compile, bug your OS/compiler vendor.
 
 Line by line symmetry performed better than any C beautifier.  Think
 of if it as a C ink blot.  :-)
 
-
 ## Author's remarks:
 
 No remarks were provided by the author.
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index 5b4997448..d15e040b9 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ Cody fixed this for modern systems. The problem was `'assignment to cast is
 illegal, lvalue casts are not supported'`. For the original file see the
 README.md file.
 
+Cody also added to the Makefile `-include stdio.h` in the nowadays very
+unlikely(?) but nevertheless suggested case that `putchar()` is not available.
 
 ## [1988/dale](1988/dale/dale.c) ([README.md](1988/dale/README.md]))