diff --git a/sinks/gangliaSink2.go b/sinks/gangliaSink2.go
index 8f02294..2947d4c 100644
--- a/sinks/gangliaSink2.go
+++ b/sinks/gangliaSink2.go
@@ -4,7 +4,61 @@ package sinks
 #cgo CFLAGS: -I./ganglia/include -DGM_PROTOCOL_GUARD
 #cgo LDFLAGS: -L/usr/lib -lganglia
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <ganglia.h>
+enum ganglia_slope {
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_ZERO = 0,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_POSITIVE,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_NEGATIVE,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_BOTH,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_DERIVATIVE,
+   GANGLIA_SLOPE_LAST_LEGAL_VALUE=GANGLIA_SLOPE_DERIVATIVE
+};
+typedef enum ganglia_slope ganglia_slope_t;
+
+typedef struct Ganglia_pool* Ganglia_pool;
+typedef struct Ganglia_gmond_config* Ganglia_gmond_config;
+typedef struct Ganglia_udp_send_channels* Ganglia_udp_send_channels;
+
+struct Ganglia_metric {
+   Ganglia_pool pool;
+   struct Ganglia_metadata_message *msg;
+   char *value;
+   void *extra;
+};
+typedef struct Ganglia_metric * Ganglia_metric;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+Ganglia_gmond_config
+Ganglia_gmond_config_create(char *path, int fallback_to_default);
+void Ganglia_gmond_config_destroy(Ganglia_gmond_config config);
+
+Ganglia_udp_send_channels
+Ganglia_udp_send_channels_create(Ganglia_pool p, Ganglia_gmond_config config);
+void Ganglia_udp_send_channels_destroy(Ganglia_udp_send_channels channels);
+
+int Ganglia_udp_send_message(Ganglia_udp_send_channels channels, char *buf, int len );
+
+Ganglia_metric Ganglia_metric_create( Ganglia_pool parent_pool );
+int Ganglia_metric_set( Ganglia_metric gmetric, char *name, char *value, char *type, char *units, unsigned int slope, unsigned int tmax, unsigned int dmax);
+int Ganglia_metric_send( Ganglia_metric gmetric, Ganglia_udp_send_channels send_channels );
+int Ganglia_metadata_send( Ganglia_metric gmetric, Ganglia_udp_send_channels send_channels );
+int Ganglia_metadata_send_real( Ganglia_metric gmetric, Ganglia_udp_send_channels send_channels, char *override_string );
+void Ganglia_metadata_add( Ganglia_metric gmetric, char *name, char *value );
+int Ganglia_value_send( Ganglia_metric gmetric, Ganglia_udp_send_channels send_channels );
+
+void Ganglia_metric_destroy( Ganglia_metric gmetric );
+
+Ganglia_pool Ganglia_pool_create( Ganglia_pool parent );
+void Ganglia_pool_destroy( Ganglia_pool pool );
+
+ganglia_slope_t cstr_to_slope(const char* str);
+const char*     slope_to_cstr(unsigned int slope);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
 */
 import "C"