diff --git a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
index 74102bd..2efaa96 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 process.h gsm0480.h
+		   plugin.h crc16.h panic.h process.h gsm0480.h msgfile.h
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 osmocore_HEADERS += talloc.h
diff --git a/include/osmocore/msgfile.h b/include/osmocore/msgfile.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92caa9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocore/msgfile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+ * (C) 2010 by On-Waves
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef MSG_FILE_H
+#define MSG_FILE_H
+
+#include "linuxlist.h"
+
+/**
+ * One message in the list.
+ */
+struct msg_entry {
+	struct llist_head list;
+
+	/* number for everyone to use */
+	int nr;
+
+	/* data from the file */
+	char *mcc;
+	char *mnc;
+	char *option;
+	char *text;
+};
+
+struct msg_entries {
+	struct llist_head entry;
+};
+
+struct msg_entries *msg_entry_parse(void *ctx, const char *filename);
+
+#endif