diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h
index d929033f03fb3a0a8385db280b50ccf6236f2d1a..90007a180803a6d57fa169b462d8d217d6e23ed6 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ int                     virConnectListInterfaces  (virConnectPtr conn,
                                                    char **const names,
                                                    int maxnames);
 
+int                     virConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces (virConnectPtr conn);
+int                     virConnectListDefinedInterfaces  (virConnectPtr conn,
+                                                          char **const names,
+                                                          int maxnames);
+
 virInterfacePtr         virInterfaceLookupByName  (virConnectPtr conn,
                                                    const char *name);
 virInterfacePtr         virInterfaceLookupByMACString (virConnectPtr conn,
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
index 869c3614cd7270be392c24ed08469f57d38c98c0..ba2b6f043e5b013d8b80a31ade59188ec35f6ac2 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt.h.in
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ int                     virConnectListInterfaces  (virConnectPtr conn,
                                                    char **const names,
                                                    int maxnames);
 
+int                     virConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces (virConnectPtr conn);
+int                     virConnectListDefinedInterfaces  (virConnectPtr conn,
+                                                          char **const names,
+                                                          int maxnames);
+
 virInterfacePtr         virInterfaceLookupByName  (virConnectPtr conn,
                                                    const char *name);
 virInterfacePtr         virInterfaceLookupByMACString (virConnectPtr conn,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_public.syms b/src/libvirt_public.syms
index 3f0f4bc3b036d8a0dd2251b4ea5325bd295e7657..c06f51ec310791161ecf9ce5738a04acebb66c43 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_public.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_public.syms
@@ -285,4 +285,10 @@ LIBVIRT_0.6.4 {
 	virConnectDomainXMLToNative;
 } LIBVIRT_0.6.3;
 
+LIBVIRT_0.7.0 {
+    global:
+	virConnectNumOfDefinedInterfaces;
+	virConnectListDefinedInterfaces;
+} LIBVIRT_0.6.4;
+
 # .... define new API here using predicted next version number ....