diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h b/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
index ce76a67eeb26e3af604ba63ffa5304621e615bec..a629444fb3ace9d1f5727bb03da4d10be93b89d9 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_util.h
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 uint32_t check_header_version( header_t * header) ;
 void init_header ( header_t * header , slurm_message_type_t message_type , uint16_t flags ) ;
+void set_slurm_addr_hton ( slurm_addr * slurm_address , uint16_t port , uint32_t ip_address ) ;
 #endif