diff --git a/console-server.h b/console-server.h
index 0ce9e6c..1a9e813 100644
--- a/console-server.h
+++ b/console-server.h
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 void config_fini(struct config *config);
 
 /* socket paths */
-const char *console_socket_path;
-const size_t console_socket_path_len;
-const char *console_socket_path_readable;
+extern const char *console_socket_path;
+extern const size_t console_socket_path_len;
+extern const char *console_socket_path_readable;
 
 /* utils */
 int write_buf_to_fd(int fd, const uint8_t *buf, size_t len);