diff --git a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
index f07a4c9fe16..e31479df2c8 100644
--- a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
+++ b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPClassType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPConstructor;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPMethod;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.SemanticQueries;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.StringUtil;
 
 /**
  * Reports a problem if object of a class cannot be created because
@@ -170,13 +171,7 @@ public class AbstractClassInstantiationChecker extends AbstractIndexAstChecker {
 		private String resolveName(ICPPBinding binding) {
 			try {
 				if (binding.isGloballyQualified()) {
-					StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-					for (String item : binding.getQualifiedName()) {
-						if (buf.length() != 0)
-							buf.append("::"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-						buf.append(item);
-					}
-					return buf.toString();
+					return StringUtil.join(binding.getQualifiedName(), "::"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 				}
 			} catch (DOMException e) {
 				CodanCheckersActivator.log(e);
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/util/StringUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/util/StringUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..705b6bb96ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Google, Inc and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * 	   Sergey Prigogin (Google) - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Static methods for working with strings.
+ * 
+ * @since 5.6
+ */
+public class StringUtil {
+
+	private StringUtil() {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Joins strings using the given delimiter.
+	 */
+	public static String join(Iterable<String> strings, String delimiter) {
+		if (strings instanceof Collection) {
+			int size = ((Collection<String>) strings).size();
+			if (size == 1)
+				return strings.iterator().next();
+			if (size == 0)
+				return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+
+		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+		for (String str : strings) {
+			if (buf.length() != 0)
+				buf.append(delimiter);
+			buf.append(str);
+		}
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Joins strings using the given delimiter.
+	 */
+	public static String join(String[] strings, String delimiter) {
+		if (strings.length == 1)
+			return strings[0];
+		if (strings.length == 0)
+			return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+		for (String str : strings) {
+			if (buf.length() != 0)
+				buf.append(delimiter);
+			buf.append(str);
+		}
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
index 6c61b7098a1..644733078cb 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IIndex;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IIndexManager;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.ITranslationUnit;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.StringUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.testplugin.util.OneSourceMultipleHeadersTestCase;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.testplugin.util.TestSourceReader;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.testplugin.CTestPlugin;
@@ -90,23 +91,13 @@ public class BindingClassifierTest extends OneSourceMultipleHeadersTestCase {
 		List<String> errors = new ArrayList<String>(2);
 		if (!missing.isEmpty()) {
 			errors.add(MessageFormat.format("{0,choice,1#Binding|1<Bindings} \"{1}\" {0,choice,1#is|1<are} not {2}.",
-					missing.size(), join(missing, "\", \""), verb));
+					missing.size(), StringUtil.join(missing, "\", \""), verb));
 		}
 		if (!extra.isEmpty()) {
 			errors.add(MessageFormat.format("{0,choice,1#Binding|1<Bindings} \"{1}\" should not be {2}.",
-					extra.size(), join(extra, "\", \""), verb));
+					extra.size(), StringUtil.join(extra, "\", \""), verb));
 		}
-		fail(join(errors, " "));
-	}
-
-	private String join(Iterable<String> strings, String delimiter) {
-		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-		for (String str : strings) {
-			if (buf.length() != 0)
-				buf.append(delimiter);
-			buf.append(str);
-		}
-		return buf.toString();
+		fail(StringUtil.join(errors, " "));
 	}
 
 	//	class A;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizerTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizerTest.java
index 1dbe289e9c7..7fc10f9c008 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizerTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizerTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests.refactoring.includes;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.PreferenceConstants;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes.IHeaderChooser;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes.IncludeOrganizer;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes.IncludePreferences.UnusedStatementDisposition;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes.SymbolExportMap;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link IncludeOrganizer}.
@@ -357,4 +359,34 @@ public class IncludeOrganizerTest extends IncludesTestBase {
 				UnusedStatementDisposition.REMOVE.toString());
 		assertExpectedResults();
 	}
+
+	//string.h
+	//#include "stddef.h"
+	//extern char* strchr(char* s, int c);
+
+	//stddef.h
+	//#define NULL 0
+
+	//source.cpp
+	//#include "stddef.h"
+	//char* test() {
+	//  int* p = NULL;
+	//  return strchr("aaa", '*');
+	//}
+	//====================
+	//#include "string.h"
+	//
+	//char* test() {
+	//  int* p = NULL;
+	//  return strchr("aaa", '*');
+	//}
+	public void testExportedSymbol() throws Exception {
+		IPreferenceStore preferenceStore = getPreferenceStore();
+		preferenceStore.setValue(PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_UNUSED_STATEMENTS_DISPOSITION,
+				UnusedStatementDisposition.REMOVE.toString());
+		SymbolExportMap symbolExportMap = new SymbolExportMap(new String[] { "NULL", "string.h" });
+		preferenceStore.setValue(PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_SYMBOL_EXPORTING_HEADERS,
+				SymbolExportMap.serializeMaps(Collections.singletonList(symbolExportMap)));
+		assertExpectedResults();
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.java
index c83205b6536..b77a66a990f 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.java
@@ -14,6 +14,119 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps {
+	@SuppressWarnings("nls")
+	private static final String[] symbolExportMap = new String[] {
+			"EOF", "<stdio.h>",
+			"EOF", "<libio.h>",
+			"NULL", "<stddef.h>",
+			"NULL", "<cstddef>",
+			"NULL", "<cstdio>",
+			"NULL", "<cstdlib>",
+			"NULL", "<cstring>",
+			"NULL", "<ctime>",
+			"NULL", "<cwchar>",
+			"NULL", "<string>",
+			"NULL", "<locale.h>",
+			"NULL", "<stdio.h>",
+			"NULL", "<stdlib.h>",
+			"NULL", "<string.h>",
+			"NULL", "<time.h>",
+			"NULL", "<wchar.h>",
+			"blkcnt_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"blkcnt_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"blksize_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"blksize_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"calloc", "<stdlib.h>",
+			"daddr_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"daddr_t", "<rpc/types.h>",
+			"dev_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"dev_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"error_t", "<errno.h>",
+			"error_t", "<argp.h>",
+			"error_t", "<argz.h>",
+			"free", "<stdlib.h>",
+			"fsblkcnt_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"fsblkcnt_t", "<sys/statvfs.h>",
+			"fsfilcnt_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"fsfilcnt_t", "<sys/statvfs.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<grp.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<pwd.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<stropts.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<sys/ipc.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"gid_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"id_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"id_t", "<sys/resource.h>",
+			"ino64_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"ino64_t", "<dirent.h>",
+			"ino_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"ino_t", "<dirent.h>",
+			"ino_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"int8_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"int8_t", "<stdint.h>",
+			"intptr_t", "<stdint.h>",
+			"intptr_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"key_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"key_t", "<sys/ipc.h>",
+			"malloc", "<stdlib.h>",
+			"mode_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"mode_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"mode_t", "<sys/ipc.h>",
+			"mode_t", "<sys/mman.h>",
+			"nlink_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"nlink_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"off64_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"off64_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"off_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"off_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"off_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"off_t", "<sys/mman.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<signal.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<sys/msg.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<sys/shm.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<termios.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<time.h>",
+			"pid_t", "<utmpx.h>",
+			"realloc", "<stdlib.h>",
+			"sigset_t", "<signal.h>",
+			"sigset_t", "<sys/epoll.h>",
+			"sigset_t", "<sys/select.h>",
+			"size_t", "<stddef.h>",
+			"socklen_t", "<bits/socket.h>",
+			"socklen_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"socklen_t", "<arpa/inet.h>",
+			"ssize_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"ssize_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"ssize_t", "<monetary.h>",
+			"ssize_t", "<sys/msg.h>",
+			"std::allocator", "<memory>",
+			"std::allocator", "<string>",
+			"std::allocator", "<vector>",
+			"std::allocator", "<map>",
+			"std::allocator", "<set>",
+			"std::char_traits", "<string>",
+			"std::char_traits", "<ostream>",
+			"std::char_traits", "<istream>",
+			"suseconds_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"suseconds_t", "<sys/time.h>",
+			"suseconds_t", "<sys/select.h>",
+			"u_char", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"u_char", "<rpc/types.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<pwd.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<signal.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<stropts.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<sys/ipc.h>",
+			"uid_t", "<sys/stat.h>",
+			"useconds_t", "<sys/types.h>",
+			"useconds_t", "<unistd.h>",
+			"va_list", "<stdarg.h>",
+		};
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("nls")
 	private static final String[] cIncludeMap = new String[] {
 			"<asm/errno-base.h>", "<errno.h>",
@@ -365,4 +478,8 @@ public class GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps {
 						new IncludeMap(false, cppIncludeMapWeak)),
 		});
 	}
+
+	public static SymbolExportMap getSymbolExportMap() {
+		return new SymbolExportMap(symbolExportMap);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutionMap.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutionMap.java
index eaa53848ad0..4982b05b619 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutionMap.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutionMap.java
@@ -137,6 +137,20 @@ public class HeaderSubstitutionMap {
 		return fromMemento(memento);
 	}
 
+	public static String serializeMaps(List<HeaderSubstitutionMap> maps) {
+		XMLMemento memento = XMLMemento.createWriteRoot(TAG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION_MAPS);
+		for (HeaderSubstitutionMap element : maps) {
+			element.saveToMemento(memento.createChild(TAG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION_MAP));
+		}
+		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+		try {
+			memento.save(writer);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			CUIPlugin.log(e);
+		}
+		return writer.toString();
+	}
+
 	public static List<HeaderSubstitutionMap> deserializeMaps(String str) {
 		StringReader reader = new StringReader(str);
 		XMLMemento memento;
@@ -153,20 +167,6 @@ public class HeaderSubstitutionMap {
 		return maps;
 	}
 
-	public static String serializeMaps(List<HeaderSubstitutionMap> maps) {
-		XMLMemento memento = XMLMemento.createWriteRoot(TAG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION_MAPS);
-		for (HeaderSubstitutionMap element : maps) {
-			element.saveToMemento(memento.createChild(TAG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION_MAP));
-		}
-		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-		try {
-			memento.save(writer);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			CUIPlugin.log(e);
-		}
-		return writer.toString();
-	}
-
 	public IncludeMap getUnconditionalSubstitutionMap() {
 		return unconditionalSubstitutionMap;
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutor.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutor.java
index f9cade0f567..4a214d527ad 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutor.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/HeaderSubstitutor.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -35,23 +36,34 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.resources.ResourceLookup;
 public class HeaderSubstitutor {
 	private final InclusionContext fContext;
 	private IncludeMap[] fIncludeMaps;
+	private SymbolExportMap fSymbolExportMap;
 
 	public HeaderSubstitutor(InclusionContext context) {
 		fContext = context;
 		fIncludeMaps = new IncludeMap[] { new IncludeMap(true), new IncludeMap(false) };
-    	IPreferencesService preferences = Platform.getPreferencesService();
-    	IScopeContext[] scopes = PreferenceConstants.getPreferenceScopes(context.getProject());
-    	String str = preferences.getString(CUIPlugin.PLUGIN_ID,
-    			PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION, null, scopes);
-    	if (str != null) {
-    		List<HeaderSubstitutionMap> maps = HeaderSubstitutionMap.deserializeMaps(str);
-    		for (HeaderSubstitutionMap map : maps) {
-    			if (!map.isCppOnly() || fContext.isCXXLanguage()) {
-    				fIncludeMaps[0].addAllMappings(map.getUnconditionalSubstitutionMap());
-    				fIncludeMaps[1].addAllMappings(map.getOptionalSubstitutionMap());
-    			}
-    		}
-    	}
+		IPreferencesService preferences = Platform.getPreferencesService();
+		IScopeContext[] scopes = PreferenceConstants.getPreferenceScopes(context.getProject());
+		String str = preferences.getString(CUIPlugin.PLUGIN_ID,
+				PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION, null, scopes);
+		if (str != null) {
+			List<HeaderSubstitutionMap> maps = HeaderSubstitutionMap.deserializeMaps(str);
+			for (HeaderSubstitutionMap map : maps) {
+				if (!map.isCppOnly() || fContext.isCXXLanguage()) {
+					fIncludeMaps[0].addAllMappings(map.getUnconditionalSubstitutionMap());
+					fIncludeMaps[1].addAllMappings(map.getOptionalSubstitutionMap());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		fSymbolExportMap = new SymbolExportMap();
+		str = preferences.getString(CUIPlugin.PLUGIN_ID,
+				PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_SYMBOL_EXPORTING_HEADERS, null, scopes);
+		if (str != null) {
+			List<SymbolExportMap> maps = SymbolExportMap.deserializeMaps(str);
+			for (SymbolExportMap map : maps) {
+				fSymbolExportMap.addAllMappings(map);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -92,7 +104,7 @@ public class HeaderSubstitutor {
 		IncludeInfo includeInfo = fContext.getIncludeForHeaderFile(path);
 		if (includeInfo == null)
 			return path;
-		// TODO(sprigogin): Take symbolIncludeMap into account.
+		// TODO(sprigogin): Take fSymbolExportMap into account.
 		List<IncludeInfo> candidates = new ArrayList<IncludeInfo>();
 		candidates.add(includeInfo);
 		IncludeMap[] maps = fIncludeMaps;
@@ -201,6 +213,16 @@ public class HeaderSubstitutor {
 		return request.getCandidatePaths().iterator().next();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the set of headers exporting the given symbol. 
+	 */
+	public Set<IncludeInfo> getExportingHeaders(String symbol) {
+		Set<IncludeInfo> headers = fSymbolExportMap.getMapping(symbol);
+		if (headers == null)
+			return Collections.emptySet();
+		return headers;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether the given URI points within the workspace.
 	 */
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizer.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizer.java
index 14add4372c7..036435b3f49 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizer.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludeOrganizer.java
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ public class IncludeOrganizer {
 
 		// Process headers that are either indirectly included or have unique representatives.
 		for (InclusionRequest request : requests) {
-			if (!request.isResolved()) {
+			if (!request.isResolved() && !isExportedBinding(request, headerSubstitutor)) {
 				List<IPath> candidatePaths = request.getCandidatePaths();
 				Set<IPath> representativeHeaders = new HashSet<IPath>();
 				boolean allRepresented = true;
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ public class IncludeOrganizer {
 
 		// Process remaining unambiguous inclusion requests.
 		for (InclusionRequest request : requests) {
-			if (!request.isResolved()) {
+			if (!request.isResolved() && !isExportedBinding(request, headerSubstitutor)) {
 				List<IPath> candidatePaths = request.getCandidatePaths();
 				if (candidatePaths.size() == 1) {
 					IPath path = candidatePaths.iterator().next();
@@ -956,8 +956,54 @@ public class IncludeOrganizer {
 		}
 
 		// Resolve ambiguous inclusion requests.
+		for (InclusionRequest request : requests) {
+			if (!request.isResolved() && !isExportedBinding(request, headerSubstitutor)) {
+				List<IPath> candidatePaths = request.getCandidatePaths();
+				for (IPath path : candidatePaths) {
+					if (fContext.isIncluded(path)) {
+						request.resolve(path);
+						if (DEBUG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION) {
+							System.out.println(request.toString() +
+									(fContext.isToBeIncluded(path) ? " (decided earlier)" : " (was previously included)")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (!request.isResolved()) {
+					IPath header = fHeaderChooser.chooseHeader(request.getBinding().getName(), candidatePaths);
+					if (header == null)
+						throw new OperationCanceledException();
+	
+					request.resolve(header);
+					if (DEBUG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION) {
+						System.out.println(request.toString() + " (user's choice)"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+					}
+					if (!fContext.isAlreadyIncluded(header))
+						fContext.addHeaderToInclude(header);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Resolve requests for exported symbols.
 		for (InclusionRequest request : requests) {
 			if (!request.isResolved()) {
+				Set<IncludeInfo> exportingHeaders = getExportingHeaders(request, headerSubstitutor);
+				for (IncludeInfo header : exportingHeaders) {
+					IPath path = fContext.resolveInclude(header);
+					if (path != null) {
+						if (fContext.isIncluded(path)) {
+							request.resolve(path);
+							if (DEBUG_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION) {
+								System.out.println(request.toString() +
+										(fContext.isToBeIncluded(path) ? " (decided earlier)" : " (was previously included)")); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+							}
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				if (request.isResolved())
+					continue;
+
 				List<IPath> candidatePaths = request.getCandidatePaths();
 				for (IPath path : candidatePaths) {
 					if (fContext.isIncluded(path)) {
@@ -988,6 +1034,17 @@ public class IncludeOrganizer {
 		fContext.removeExportedHeaders();
 	}
 
+	private boolean isExportedBinding(InclusionRequest request, HeaderSubstitutor headerSubstitutor) {
+		return !getExportingHeaders(request, headerSubstitutor).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	private Set<IncludeInfo> getExportingHeaders(InclusionRequest request, HeaderSubstitutor headerSubstitutor) {
+		String symbol = request.getBindingQualifiedName();
+		if (symbol == null)
+			return Collections.emptySet();
+		return headerSubstitutor.getExportingHeaders(symbol);
+	}
+
 	private static IPath getPath(IIndexFileLocation location) {
 		return IndexLocationFactory.getAbsolutePath(location);
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludePreferences.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludePreferences.java
index 027fdea6c1f..f10e4947b5b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludePreferences.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/IncludePreferences.java
@@ -174,5 +174,7 @@ public class IncludePreferences {
 
 		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION,
 				HeaderSubstitutionMap.serializeMaps(GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.getDefaultMaps()));
+		store.setDefault(PreferenceConstants.INCLUDES_SYMBOL_EXPORTING_HEADERS,
+				SymbolExportMap.serializeMaps(Collections.singletonList(GCCHeaderSubstitutionMaps.getSymbolExportMap())));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/InclusionRequest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/InclusionRequest.java
index 96fe7165ef3..eadeea46d2d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/InclusionRequest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/InclusionRequest.java
@@ -18,15 +18,22 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.DOMException;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IMacroBinding;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.index.IIndexFile;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.StringUtil;
 
 class InclusionRequest {
+	private static final String UNINITIALIZED = "uninitialized"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 	private final IBinding fBinding;
 	private final Map<IIndexFile, IPath> fDeclaringFiles;
 	private final boolean fReachable;
 	private List<IPath> fCandidatePaths;
 	private IPath fResolvedPath;
+	private String fQualifiedName = UNINITIALIZED;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param binding the binding that requires inclusion
@@ -45,7 +52,30 @@ class InclusionRequest {
 	public IBinding getBinding() {
 		return fBinding;
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the qualified name of the binding, or {@code null} if the binding doesn't have
+	 * a qualified name.
+	 */
+	public String getBindingQualifiedName() {
+		if (fQualifiedName == UNINITIALIZED) {
+			fQualifiedName = null;
+			if (fBinding instanceof ICPPBinding) {
+				ICPPBinding cppBinding = (ICPPBinding) fBinding;
+				try {
+					if (cppBinding.isGloballyQualified()) {
+						fQualifiedName = StringUtil.join(cppBinding.getQualifiedName(), "::"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+					}
+				} catch (DOMException e) {
+					// Leave null;
+				}
+			} else if (fBinding instanceof IMacroBinding || fBinding.getOwner() == null) {
+				fQualifiedName = fBinding.getName();
+			}
+		}
+		return fQualifiedName;
+	}
+
 	public Map<IIndexFile, IPath> getDeclaringFiles() {
 		return fDeclaringFiles;
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/SymbolExportMap.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/SymbolExportMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74cfe9ba92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/SymbolExportMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Google, Inc and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * 	   Sergey Prigogin (Google) - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IMemento;
+import org.eclipse.ui.WorkbenchException;
+import org.eclipse.ui.XMLMemento;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * A set of header file substitution rules.
+ */
+public class SymbolExportMap {
+	private static final String TAG_SYMBOL_EXPORT_MAPS = "maps"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String TAG_SYMBOL_EXPORT_MAP = "map"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String TAG_MAPPING = "mapping"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String TAG_KEY = "key"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final String TAG_VALUE = "value"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	private final Map<String, Set<IncludeInfo>> map;
+
+	public SymbolExportMap() {
+		this.map = new HashMap<String, Set<IncludeInfo>>();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param keysAndValues an array of keys and values: [key1, value1, key2, value2, ...].
+	 *     Keys and values may be optionally surrounded by double quotes or angle brackets.
+	 *     Angle brackets indicate a system include.  
+	 */
+	public SymbolExportMap(String[] keysAndValues) {
+		if (keysAndValues.length % 2 != 0)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("More keys than values"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		this.map = new HashMap<String, Set<IncludeInfo>>(keysAndValues.length / 2);
+		for (int i = 0; i < keysAndValues.length;) {
+			String key = keysAndValues[i++];
+			addMapping(key, keysAndValues[i++]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public SymbolExportMap(SymbolExportMap other) {
+		this.map = new HashMap<String, Set<IncludeInfo>>(other.map.size());
+		addAllMappings(other);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates that the given symbol is exported by the given header.
+
+	 * @param symbol The symbol represented by its fully qualified name.
+	 * @param header The header file exporting the symbol.
+	 */
+	protected void addMapping(String symbol, IncludeInfo header) {
+		if (symbol.equals(header))
+			return;  // Don't allow mapping to itself.
+		Set<IncludeInfo> list = map.get(symbol);
+		if (list == null) {
+			list = new LinkedHashSet<IncludeInfo>();
+			map.put(symbol, list);
+		}
+		list.add(header);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates that the given symbol is exported by the given header.
+
+	 * @param symbol The symbol represented by its fully qualified name.
+	 * @param header The header file exporting the symbol. The header is represented by an include
+	 *     name optionally surrounded by double quotes or angle brackets. Angle brackets indicate
+	 *     a system include.
+	 */
+	public void addMapping(String symbol, String header) {
+		addMapping(symbol, new IncludeInfo(header));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns header files that should be used instead of the given one.
+	 * 
+	 * @param from The header file to be replaced. A system header has to match exactly.
+	 *     A non-system header matches both, non-system and system headers.
+	 * @return The list of header files ordered by decreasing preference. 
+	 */
+	public Set<IncludeInfo> getMapping(String from) {
+		Set<IncludeInfo> list = map.get(from);
+		if (list == null)
+			return Collections.emptySet();
+		return list;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes exporting headers for a given symbol.
+	 *
+	 * @param symbol the header file to remove exporting headers for
+	 * @return the previous header associated with the symbol, or {@code null} if there were no
+	 *     exporting headers.
+	 */
+	public Set<IncludeInfo> removeMapping(String symbol) {
+		return map.remove(symbol);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes the map to a memento.
+	 */
+	public void saveToMemento(IMemento memento) {
+		for (Entry<String, Set<IncludeInfo>> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+			String key = entry.getKey().toString();
+			for (IncludeInfo value : entry.getValue()) {
+				IMemento mapping = memento.createChild(TAG_MAPPING);
+				mapping.putString(TAG_KEY, key);
+				mapping.putString(TAG_VALUE, value.toString());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static SymbolExportMap fromMemento(IMemento memento) {
+		SymbolExportMap includeMap = new SymbolExportMap();
+		for (IMemento mapping : memento.getChildren(TAG_MAPPING)) {
+			String key = mapping.getString(TAG_KEY);
+			includeMap.addMapping(key, mapping.getString(TAG_VALUE));
+		}
+		return includeMap;
+	}
+
+	public void addAllMappings(SymbolExportMap other) {
+		for (Entry<String, Set<IncludeInfo>> entry : other.map.entrySet()) {
+			String source = entry.getKey();
+			Set<IncludeInfo> otherTargets = entry.getValue();
+			Set<IncludeInfo> targets = map.get(source);
+			if (targets == null) {
+				targets = new LinkedHashSet<IncludeInfo>(otherTargets);
+				map.put(source, targets);
+			} else {
+				targets.addAll(otherTargets);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** For debugging only. */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+		ArrayList<String> symbols = new ArrayList<String>(map.keySet());
+		Collections.sort(symbols);
+		for (String symbol : symbols) {
+			buf.append('\n');
+			buf.append(symbol);
+			buf.append(" exported by "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			List<IncludeInfo> targets = new ArrayList<IncludeInfo>(map.get(symbol));
+			for (int i = 0; i < targets.size(); i++) {
+				if (i > 0)
+					buf.append(", "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				buf.append(targets.get(i));
+			} 
+		}
+		return buf.toString();
+	}
+
+	public Map<String, Set<IncludeInfo>> getMap() {
+		return Collections.unmodifiableMap(map);
+	}
+
+	public static String serializeMaps(List<SymbolExportMap> maps) {
+		XMLMemento memento = XMLMemento.createWriteRoot(TAG_SYMBOL_EXPORT_MAPS);
+		for (SymbolExportMap element : maps) {
+			element.saveToMemento(memento.createChild(TAG_SYMBOL_EXPORT_MAP));
+		}
+		StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+		try {
+			memento.save(writer);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			CUIPlugin.log(e);
+		}
+		return writer.toString();
+	}
+
+	public static List<SymbolExportMap> deserializeMaps(String str) {
+		StringReader reader = new StringReader(str);
+		XMLMemento memento;
+		try {
+			memento = XMLMemento.createReadRoot(reader);
+		} catch (WorkbenchException e) {
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+
+		List<SymbolExportMap> maps = new ArrayList<SymbolExportMap>();
+		for (IMemento element : memento.getChildren(TAG_SYMBOL_EXPORT_MAP)) {
+			maps.add(fromMemento(element));
+		}
+		return maps;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/PreferenceConstants.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/PreferenceConstants.java
index 3c43d789754..c9e44edfd22 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/PreferenceConstants.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/PreferenceConstants.java
@@ -2064,6 +2064,15 @@ public class PreferenceConstants {
 	 */
 	public static final String INCLUDES_HEADER_SUBSTITUTION = "organizeIncludes.headerSubstitution"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
+	/**
+	 * Symbol exporting rules.
+	 * The value of the preference is an XML representation of one or more
+	 * {@link org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.refactoring.includes.SymbolExportMap}s.
+	 *
+	 * @since 5.7
+	 */
+	public static final String INCLUDES_SYMBOL_EXPORTING_HEADERS = "organizeIncludes.symbolExportingHeaders"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
 	/**
 	 * Include style for headers closely related to the including file.
 	 * The value of the preference is an XML representation of