diff --git a/support/comment_move_decl.sed b/support/comment_move_decl.sed
index 601c4f7e9..00b94b6ad 100644
--- a/support/comment_move_decl.sed
+++ b/support/comment_move_decl.sed
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 /^[[:blank:]]*fs_use_(xattr|task|trans) /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 /^[[:blank:]]*sid /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 /^[[:blank:]]*bool /s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
+/^[[:blank:]]*role[[:blank:]]+[a-zA-Z_]+[[:blank:]]*;/s/^/# this line was moved by the build process: &/
 
 :nextline
diff --git a/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed b/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
index 69c6ccd41..5c7a6a808 100644
--- a/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
+++ b/support/get_type_attr_decl.sed
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #n
-# print out type and attribute declarations that
+# print out type, role and attribute declarations that
 # are not inside require and optional blocks.
 
 /require \{/,/} # end require/b nextline
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@
 	p
 }
 
+/^[[:blank:]]*role[[:blank:]]+[a-zA-Z_]+[[:blank:]]*;/{
+	s/^[[:blank:]]+//
+	p
+}
+
 :nextline