diff --git a/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_vty.h b/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_vty.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0ef69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocom/ctrl/control_vty.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/* Add the 'ctrl' section to VTY, containing the 'bind' command. */
+int ctrl_vty_init(void *ctx);
+
+/* Obtain the IP address configured by the 'ctrl'/'bind A.B.C.D' VTY command.
+ * This should be fed to ctrl_interface_setup() once the configuration has been
+ * read. */
+const char *ctrl_vty_get_bind_addr(void);
diff --git a/include/osmocom/vty/command.h b/include/osmocom/vty/command.h
index 2078e1b..9a02575 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/vty/command.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/vty/command.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 	L_IPA_NODE,		/*!< \brief IPA proxying commands in libosmo-abis. */
 	L_NS_NODE,		/*!< \brief NS node in libosmo-gb. */
 	L_BSSGP_NODE,		/*!< \brief BSSGP node in libosmo-gb. */
+	L_CTRL_NODE,		/*!< \brief Control interface node. */
 
 	/*
 	 * When adding new nodes to the libosmocore project, these nodes can be
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@
 	RESERVED1_NODE,		/*!< \brief Reserved for later extensions */
 	RESERVED2_NODE,		/*!< \brief Reserved for later extensions */
 	RESERVED3_NODE,		/*!< \brief Reserved for later extensions */
-	RESERVED4_NODE,		/*!< \brief Reserved for later extensions */
 
 	_LAST_OSMOVTY_NODE
 };