diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.h b/src/common/remoteio.h
--- a/src/common/remoteio.h
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.h
@@ -18,16 +18,20 @@
 */
 
 #ifndef _DISTREN_REMOTEIO_H
-#defien _DISTREN_REMOTEIO_H
+#define _DISTREN_REMOTEIO_H
 
 /*
   This file tries to abstract away getting a socket/fd that talks to a remote service
  */
 
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 struct remoteio
 {
-  int fd;
+  int pipe_write;
+  int pipe_read;
   
+  pid_t child;
 };
 
 /* nonzsero return on error */