diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.h b/src/common/remoteio.h
--- a/src/common/remoteio.h
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   RemoteIO provides an abstraction to the method of talking to a remote distrend. It is a layer on top of execio that should provide an equivalent interface.
  */
 
+struct remoteio_opts;
+
 struct remoteio {
   struct execio *execio;
 };
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ struct remoteio {
 
    @todo should this be asynchronous?
  */
-int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, char *servername);
+int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, struct remoteio_opts *opts, char *servername);
 
 /**
    non-blocking I/O.