diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GrPlatform.cmake b/cmake/Modules/GrPlatform.cmake
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+# Copyright 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Radio
+#
+# GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Radio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+if(DEFINED __INCLUDED_GR_PLATFORM_CMAKE)
+    return()
+endif()
+set(__INCLUDED_GR_PLATFORM_CMAKE TRUE)
+
+########################################################################
+# Setup additional defines for OS types
+########################################################################
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+    set(LINUX TRUE)
+endif()
+
+if(LINUX AND EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
+    set(DEBIAN TRUE)
+endif()
+
+if(LINUX AND EXISTS "/etc/redhat-release")
+    set(REDHAT TRUE)
+endif()
+
+########################################################################
+# when the library suffix should be 64 (applies to redhat linux family)
+########################################################################
+if(NOT DEFINED LIB_SUFFIX AND REDHAT AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "64$")
+    set(LIB_SUFFIX 64)
+endif()
+set(LIB_SUFFIX ${LIB_SUFFIX} CACHE STRING "lib directory suffix")