diff --git a/kdc/kdc_locl.h b/kdc/kdc_locl.h
index 6c5f22227..db801f72d 100644
--- a/kdc/kdc_locl.h
+++ b/kdc/kdc_locl.h
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ extern sig_atomic_t exit_flag;
 extern char *keyfile;
 extern size_t max_request;
 extern time_t kdc_warn_pwexpire;
-extern char *database;
-extern HDB *db;
+extern char **databases;
+extern HDB **db;
+extern int num_db;
 extern char *port_str;
 extern int enable_http;
 extern krb5_boolean encode_as_rep_as_tgs_rep;