diff --git a/Modules/message.h b/Modules/message.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88af31a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/message.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* See http://www.python-ldap.org/ for details.
+ * $Id: message.h,v 1.6 2011/02/21 21:04:00 stroeder Exp $ */
+
+#ifndef __h_message 
+#define __h_message 
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "lber.h"
+#include "ldap.h"
+
+extern PyObject* LDAPmessage_to_python( LDAP*ld, LDAPMessage*m, int add_ctrls, int add_intermediates );
+
+#endif /* __h_message_ */
+