diff --git a/.jenkins.d/40-standalone-header-compilation.sh b/.jenkins.d/40-standalone-header-compilation.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# It's intentional not to use `set -x`, because this script explicitly prints useful information
+# and should not run in trace mode.
+# It's intentional not to use `set -e`, because this script wants to check all headers
+# (similar to running all test cases), instead of failing at the first error.
+
+CXX=${CXX:-g++}
+
+STD=
+if $CXX -xc++ /dev/null -o /dev/null -c -std=c++11 &>/dev/null; then
+  STD=-std=c++11
+elif $CXX  -xc++ /dev/null -o /dev/null -c -std=c++0x &>/dev/null; then
+  STD=-std=c++0x
+fi
+
+STDLIB=
+if $CXX -xc++ /dev/null -o /dev/null -c $STD -stdlib=libc++ &>/dev/null; then
+  STDLIB=-stdlib=libc++
+fi
+
+echo 'Compiler flags:' $CXX $STD $STDLIB
+
+INCLUDEDIR=/usr/local/include/ndn-cxx
+NCHECKED=0
+NERRORS=0
+while IFS= read -r -d '' H; do
+  echo 'Verifying standalone header compilation for' $H
+  $CXX -xc++ "$INCLUDEDIR/$H" -o /dev/null -c $STD $STDLIB $(pkg-config --cflags libndn-cxx)
+  [[ $? -eq 0 ]] || ((NERRORS++))
+  ((NCHECKED++))
+done < <(cd "$INCLUDEDIR" && find * -name '*.hpp' -type f -print0 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [[ $NCHECKED -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo 'No header found. Is ndn-cxx installed?'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $NERRORS -gt 0 ]]; then
+  echo $NERRORS 'headers cannot compile on its own'
+  exit 1
+fi