diff --git a/lib/krb5/rd_error.c b/lib/krb5/rd_error.c
index 18f1332cb..b1e535bd0 100644
--- a/lib/krb5/rd_error.c
+++ b/lib/krb5/rd_error.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -54,3 +54,18 @@ krb5_rd_error(krb5_context context,
     result->error_code += KRB5KDC_ERR_NONE;
     return 0;    
 }
+
+void
+krb5_free_error_contents (krb5_context context,
+			  krb5_error *error)
+{
+    free_KRB_ERROR(error);
+}
+
+void
+krb5_free_error (krb5_context context,
+		 krb5_error *error)
+{
+    krb5_free_error_contents (context, error);
+    free (error);
+}