diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index d04f045aae..d249c134dc 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -171,10 +171,6 @@ void unix_start_incoming_migration(const char *path, Error **errp);
 
 void unix_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *path, Error **errp);
 
-void fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *path, Error **errp);
-
-void fd_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *fdname, 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/fd.c b/migration/fd.c
index 05e0a5cca8..0077a505a3 100644
--- a/migration/fd.c
+++ b/migration/fd.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "channel.h"
+#include "fd.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
 #include "io/channel-util.h"
diff --git a/migration/fd.h b/migration/fd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a14a63ce2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/fd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU live migration via generic fd
+ *
+ * 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_FD_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_FD_H
+void fd_start_incoming_migration(const char *path, Error **errp);
+
+void fd_start_outgoing_migration(MigrationState *s, const char *fdname,
+                                 Error **errp);
+#endif
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index c400388866..ec93f7ada8 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "exec.h"
+#include "fd.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"