diff --git a/guestfs-inspectd.c b/guestfs-inspectd.c
index ac8b006..d92617f 100644
--- a/guestfs-inspectd.c
+++ b/guestfs-inspectd.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <zactor.h>
 #include <guestfs.h>
 
+#include "libguestfs-inspect.h"
+
 #define STREQ(a, b) (strcmp((a), (b)) == 0)
 
 void *worker_task;
diff --git a/libguestfs-inspect.h b/libguestfs-inspect.h
index e69de29..760b8d2 100644
--- a/libguestfs-inspect.h
+++ b/libguestfs-inspect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+enum guestfs_inspect_command {
+  GUESTFS_COMMAND_LS,
+  GUESTFS_COMMAND_TOUCH,
+  GUESTFS_COMMAND_MKDIR,
+  GUESTFS_COMMAND_CAT
+};
+
+struct guestfs_inpsect_command {
+  enum guestfs_inspect_command command;
+};
+