diff --git a/syslog.c b/syslog.c
index e70f12c..af067e2 100644
--- a/syslog.c
+++ b/syslog.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include "global.h"
+char syslog_message[128];
/*
For some reason, BeOS doesn't seem to implement syslog(), even though it is
diff --git a/syslog.h b/syslog.h
index 7d0e436..5c1accd 100644
--- a/syslog.h
+++ b/syslog.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
#include <syslog.h>
#endif
-char syslog_message[128];
+extern char syslog_message[128];
extern size_t message_size ;
void wrap_syslog( int, char *, char *);