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diff --git a/citadel/server/msgbase.h b/citadel/server/msgbase.h
index 3e7e168d2..356e0ff9c 100644
--- a/citadel/server/msgbase.h
+++ b/citadel/server/msgbase.h
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ int  CM_IsValidMsg     (struct CtdlMessage *msg);
 #define CM_RANGE(Message, Which) Message->cm_fields[Which], \
 		Message->cm_fields[Which] + Message->cm_lengths[Which]
 
+// Serialization routines use this struct to return a pointer and a length
+struct ser_ret {
+	size_t len;
+	unsigned char *ser;
+};
+
 struct ser_ret CtdlSerializeMessage(struct CtdlMessage *);
 struct CtdlMessage *CtdlDeserializeMessage(long msgnum, int with_body, const char *Buffer, long Length);
 void ReplicationChecks(struct CtdlMessage *);