diff --git a/stand/powerpc/kboot/ppc64_elf_freebsd.c b/stand/powerpc/kboot/ppc64_elf_freebsd.c
index 1ac0d9eb4b8b..987565eaa2bd 100644
--- a/stand/powerpc/kboot/ppc64_elf_freebsd.c
+++ b/stand/powerpc/kboot/ppc64_elf_freebsd.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ extern size_t		szkerneltramp;
 extern int		nkexec_segments;
 extern void *		loaded_segments;
 
+vm_offset_t md_load64(char *args, vm_offset_t *modulep, vm_offset_t *dtb);
+
 int
 ppc64_elf_loadfile(char *filename, u_int64_t dest,
     struct preloaded_file **result)