diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/Makefile.am b/include/osmocom/core/Makefile.am
index b21e047..3698873 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h \
 		   logging.h rate_ctr.h gsmtap_util.h \
 		   plugin.h crc16.h panic.h process.h msgfile.h \
-		   backtrace.h conv.h
+		   backtrace.h conv.h application.h
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 osmocore_HEADERS += talloc.h
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/application.h b/include/osmocom/core/application.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1642ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/application.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef OSMO_APPLICATION_H
+#define OSMO_APPLICATION_H
+
+/**
+ * Routines for helping with the application setup.
+ */
+
+struct log_info;
+struct log_target;
+
+extern struct log_target *osmo_stderr_target;
+
+void osmo_init_ignore_signals(void);
+int osmo_init_logging(const struct log_info *);
+
+#endif