diff --git a/pkg.h b/pkg.h
index 31e09ae..e817425 100644
--- a/pkg.h
+++ b/pkg.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ pkg_t *pkg_find(const char *name);
 void pkg_traverse(pkg_t *root, void (*pkg_traverse_func)(pkg_t *package, void *data), void *data, int maxdepth);
 void pkg_verify_graph(pkg_t *root, int depth);
 int pkg_compare_version(const char *a, const char *b);
+pkg_t *pkg_verify_dependency(pkg_dependency_t *pkgdep);
 
 /* parse.c */
 pkg_t *parse_file(const char *path);