diff --git a/include/qemu-io.h b/include/qemu-io.h
index 4d402b9..196fde0 100644
--- a/include/qemu-io.h
+++ b/include/qemu-io.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     const char  *args;
     const char  *oneline;
     helpfunc_t  help;
+    uint64_t    perm;
 } cmdinfo_t;
 
 extern bool qemuio_misalign;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
index b23f683..096c17f 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/block-backend.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 bool bdrv_is_root_node(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int blk_set_perm(BlockBackend *blk, uint64_t perm, uint64_t shared_perm,
                  Error **errp);
+void blk_get_perm(BlockBackend *blk, uint64_t *perm, uint64_t *shared_perm);
 
 void blk_set_allow_write_beyond_eof(BlockBackend *blk, bool allow);
 void blk_iostatus_enable(BlockBackend *blk);