diff --git a/src/include/musl/limits.h b/src/include/musl/limits.h
index 9620a3b0ac..bcc585be2c 100644
--- a/src/include/musl/limits.h
+++ b/src/include/musl/limits.h
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 #pragma once
 
+/* GCC introduces a spurious, tricky inclusion cycle:
+ *    GCC's limits.h
+ *      -> GCC's syslimits.h
+ *         -> GCC's limits.h (again!!!)
+ *            -> glibc/musl's limits.h
+ *               -> define POSIX defines
+ *      -> define ISO C defines
+ * This works only when GCC's limits.h is included first, but a user override breaks the cycle. Hence, we
+ * need to manually achieve the cycle here. If GCC is not used (e.g., Clang), then including the compiler's
+ * limits.h twice should be redundant but harmless. */
+
+/* First, get the POSIX defines from glibc/musl's limits.h. When the two macros below are defined, GCC's
+ * limits.h includes the next limits.h, that is, one from glibc/musl. */
+#define _GCC_LIMITS_H_
+#define _GCC_NEXT_LIMITS_H
+#include_next <limits.h>        /* IWYU pragma: export */
+#undef _GCC_NEXT_LIMITS_H
+#undef _GCC_LIMITS_H_
+
+/* Next, get the ISO C defines from GCC's limits.h. */
 #include_next <limits.h>        /* IWYU pragma: export */
 
 #include <assert.h>