diff --git a/server/include/gw.h b/server/include/gw.h
index 14adfb1a0..23d949ed0 100644
--- a/server/include/gw.h
+++ b/server/include/gw.h
@@ -70,3 +70,4 @@ int  gw_write(
         size_t      nbytes);
 int  gw_getsockerrno(int fd);
 int  parse_bindconfig(char *, unsigned short, struct sockaddr_in *);
+int setipaddress(struct in_addr *, char *);