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

index 167693f..c18a017 100644

--- a/wput/src/wput.c

+++ b/wput/src/wput.c

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@

 extern char *optarg;

+struct global_options opt;

+

 #ifdef WIN32

 const static char * version = "0.6.1-w32";

 #else

diff --git a/wput/src/wput.h b/wput/src/wput.h

index 968d32a..1ef5c8e 100644

--- a/wput/src/wput.h

+++ b/wput/src/wput.h

@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ struct global_options {

   unsigned short int retry_interval;

   unsigned       int speed_limit;

-} opt;

+};

+

+extern struct global_options opt;

 extern _fsession * fsession_queue_entry_point;

 extern char * email_address;