diff --git a/ipmid.H b/ipmid.H
index 1cfe4c3..d6851db 100755
--- a/ipmid.H
+++ b/ipmid.H
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __HOST_IPMID_IPMI_H__
 #define __HOST_IPMID_IPMI_H__
 #include "ipmid-api.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 
 // When the requester sends in a netfn and a command along with data, this
 // function will look for registered handlers that will handle that [netfn,cmd]
@@ -16,4 +18,7 @@
 // needs 1 byte for the length field. 
 #define MAX_IPMI_BUFFER 63
 
+
+extern FILE *ipmiio, *ipmidbus, *ipmicmddetails;
+
 #endif