diff --git a/src/common/libremoteio.h b/src/common/libremoteio.h
--- a/src/common/libremoteio.h
+++ b/src/common/libremoteio.h
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ struct remoteio_opts
   struct remoteio_server *servers;
 };
 
+struct remoteio {
+  enum remoteio_method method;
+  struct execio *execio;
+};
+
+
 int remoteio_config(cfg_t *cfg, struct remoteio_opts *opts);
 
 #endif