diff --git a/libopenbmc_intf/gpio_json.h b/libopenbmc_intf/gpio_json.h
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+#ifndef __GPIO_JSON_H__
+#define __GPIO_JSON_H__
+
+#include <cjson/cJSON.h>
+
+/**
+ * Loads the GPIO definitions from JSON into a cJSON structure.
+ *
+ * @return cjSON* - The structure with the GPIO info.  Should be freed
+ *                  with cJSON_Delete() when done.  NULL is returned
+ *                  if there was an error.
+ */
+cJSON* load_json();
+
+#endif