diff --git a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
index ecdc65c..c8b614f 100644
--- a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 		   tlv.h bitvec.h comp128.h statistics.h gsm_utils.h utils.h \
 		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h rsl.h gsm48.h rxlev_stat.h mncc.h \
 		   gsm48_ie.h logging.h gsm0808.h rate_ctr.h gsmtap_util.h \
-		   plugin.h crc16.h panic.h
+		   plugin.h crc16.h panic.h process.h
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 osmocore_HEADERS += talloc.h
diff --git a/include/osmocore/process.h b/include/osmocore/process.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d66382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocore/process.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _OSMO_PROCESS_H
+#define _OSMO_PROCESS_H
+
+int osmo_daemonize(void);
+
+#endif