diff --git a/src/evrouter.c b/src/evrouter.c

index 8c19b3b..9d65488 100644

--- a/src/evrouter.c

+++ b/src/evrouter.c

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const static char rcsinfo [] = "$Id: evrouter.c 15 2009-03-09 23:09:29Z alexios

 #include "parser.h"

 #include "cmdline.h"

-char * progname;

+extern char * progname;

 #define NEV 64