diff --git a/lib/roken/roken-common.h b/lib/roken/roken-common.h
index 480f94cd1..b33726ee1 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken-common.h
+++ b/lib/roken/roken-common.h
@@ -141,4 +141,7 @@ void *ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION emalloc (size_t);
 void *ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION erealloc (void *, size_t);
 char *ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION estrdup (const char *);
 
+ssize_t ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION eread (int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes);
+ssize_t ROKEN_LIB_FUNCTION ewrite (int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes);
+
 #endif /* __ROKEN_COMMON_H__ */