diff --git a/src/svm/message_queue.h b/src/svm/message_queue.h
index d4c47d7..50f79fb 100644
--- a/src/svm/message_queue.h
+++ b/src/svm/message_queue.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
  * @return		message queue
  */
 svm_msg_q_t *svm_msg_q_alloc (svm_msg_q_cfg_t * cfg);
+svm_msg_q_t *svm_msg_q_init (void *base, svm_msg_q_cfg_t *cfg);
+uword svm_msg_q_size_to_alloc (svm_msg_q_cfg_t *cfg);
 
 /**
  * Free message queue