diff --git a/include/migration/migration.h b/include/migration/migration.h
index 29fda5ba2c..8d29bc943e 100644
--- a/include/migration/migration.h
+++ b/include/migration/migration.h
@@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ void qemu_start_incoming_migration(const char *uri, Error **errp);
 
 uint64_t migrate_max_downtime(void);
 
-void rdma_start_outgoing_migration(void *opaque, const char *host_port, Error **errp);
-
-void rdma_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
-
 void migrate_fd_error(MigrationState *s, const Error *error);
 
 void migrate_fd_connect(MigrationState *s);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index fe6dc182bc..ec79aff9a0 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "exec.h"
 #include "fd.h"
 #include "socket.h"
+#include "rdma.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "savevm.h"
 #include "qemu-file-channel.h"
diff --git a/migration/rdma.c b/migration/rdma.c
index 4cb5bf8462..fab30eac2a 100644
--- a/migration/rdma.c
+++ b/migration/rdma.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
+#include "rdma.h"
 #include "migration/migration.h"
 #include "qemu-file.h"
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
diff --git a/migration/rdma.h b/migration/rdma.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de2ba09dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migration/rdma.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * RDMA protocol and interfaces
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2010-2013
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2015-2016
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Michael R. Hines <mrhines@us.ibm.com>
+ *  Jiuxing Liu <jl@us.ibm.com>
+ *  Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_RDMA_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_RDMA_H
+
+void rdma_start_outgoing_migration(void *opaque, const char *host_port,
+                                   Error **errp);
+
+void rdma_start_incoming_migration(const char *host_port, Error **errp);
+
+#endif