diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index d249c134dc..9d311ed34e 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -163,14 +163,6 @@ void migration_tls_channel_connect(MigrationState *s,
 
 uint64_t migrate_max_downtime(void);
 
-void tcp_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
-
-void tcp_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *host_port, Error **errp);
-
-void unix_start_incoming_migration(const char *path, Error **errp);
-
-void unix_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *path, Error **errp);
-
 void rdma_start_outgoing_migration(void *opaque, const char *host_port, Error **errp);
 
 void rdma_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index ec93f7ada8..e6e36fa099 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "exec.h"
 #include "fd.h"
+#include "socket.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
diff --git a/migration/socket.c b/migration/socket.c
index 3f8ffc9b04..85bfdccae1 100644
--- a/migration/socket.c
+++ b/migration/socket.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "channel.h"
+#include "socket.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
diff --git a/migration/socket.h b/migration/socket.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b91e9db38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/socket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU live migration via socket
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2009-2016
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com>
+ *  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ * Contributions after 2012-01-13 are licensed under the terms of the
+ * GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_SOCKET_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_SOCKET_H
+void tcp_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
+
+void tcp_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *host_port,
+                                  Error **errp);
+
+void unix_start_incoming_migration(const char *path, Error **errp);
+
+void unix_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *path,
+                                   Error **errp);
+#endif