diff --git a/src/bitvec.c b/src/bitvec.c
index ef8fd0e..38148ac 100644
--- a/src/bitvec.c
+++ b/src/bitvec.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
  *  \param[in] bit value to which the bit is to be set
  *  \returns 0 on success, negative value on error
  */
-int bitvec_set_bit_pos(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int bitnr,
+inline int bitvec_set_bit_pos(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int bitnr,
 			enum bit_value bit)
 {
 	unsigned int bytenum = bytenum_from_bitnum(bitnr);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
  *  \param[in] bit value of the bit to be set
  *  \returns 0 on success, negative value on error
  */
-int bitvec_set_bit(struct bitvec *bv, enum bit_value bit)
+inline int bitvec_set_bit(struct bitvec *bv, enum bit_value bit)
 {
 	int rc;