diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 14efa46..754598f 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ char *init_premount[] = {"/sbin/init-premount", "init-premount", NULL};
 char *init_bottom[] = {"/sbin/init-bottom", "init-bottom", NULL};
 
 extern void stage1();
-void fatal(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
+static void fatal(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
 
 /* 
  * this needs to handle the following cases:
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ void fatal(const char *) __attribute__((noreturn));
  *  4) run from a floppy that's been loaded into a ramdisk 
  */
 
-void fatal(const char *msg)
+static void fatal(const char *msg)
 {
 	printf("FATAL ERROR IN INIT: %s\nI can't recover from this,"
 		   "please reboot manually and send bugreport.\n", msg);
 	while (1);
 }
 
-void warn(char *msg)
+static void warn(char *msg)
 {
 	printf("W: %s\n", msg);
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int _mknod(const char *pathname, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
  *   (1) watch /proc/kmsg and copy the stuff to /dev/tty4
  *   (2) listens to /dev/log and copy also this stuff (log from programs)
  */
-pid_t doklog()
+static pid_t doklog()
 {
 	int in, out, i, ii;
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ pid_t spawn(char *av[])
 	}
 }
 
-void spawn_hook(char *av[])
+static void spawn_hook(char *av[])
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	int status;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void spawn_hook(char *av[])
 	if (waitpid(spawn(av), &status, 0) < 0 || !(WIFEXITED(status)))	fatal(av[0]);
 }
 
-void take_env(int fd)
+static void take_env(int fd)
 {
 	static char buf[PIPE_BUF];
 	char *p = buf;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ struct filesystem
 };
 
 /* attempt to unmount all filesystems in /proc/mounts */
-void unmount_filesystems(void)
+static void unmount_filesystems(void)
 {
 	int fd, size;
 	char buf[65535];			/* this should be big enough */
diff --git a/init.h b/init.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a28d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Guillaume Cottenceau (gc@mandrakesoft.com)
+ *
+ * Copyright 2000 MandrakeSoft
+ *
+ * This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
+ * public license.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INIT_H
+#define _INIT_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+pid_t spawn(char *av[]);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/stage1.c b/stage1.c
index e1e7126..d719dec 100644
--- a/stage1.c
+++ b/stage1.c
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 #include "disk.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef SPAWN_SPLASH
+#include "init.h"
+#endif
+
 extern char *env[];
 
 /************************************************************
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index 1b749bc..674b777 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 #include <linux/loop.h>
 #include "tools.h"
 #include "modules.h"
-
+#ifdef SPAWN_SPLASH
+#include "init.h"
+#endif
 
 static struct param_elem params[50];
 static int param_number = 0;