diff --git a/pimd/pim_main.c b/pimd/pim_main.c
index 95c1816..5f4711e 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_main.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_main.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
   /*
    * Initialize zclient "update" and "lookup" sockets
    */
-  pim_zebra_init(zebra_sock_path);
+  pim_zebra_init (master, zebra_sock_path);
 
   zlog_notice("Loading configuration - begin");
 
diff --git a/pimd/pim_zebra.c b/pimd/pim_zebra.c
index dfc871b..1a39271 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_zebra.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_zebra.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
   zclient_send_requests(zclient, VRF_DEFAULT);
 }
 
-void pim_zebra_init(char *zebra_sock_path)
+void pim_zebra_init (struct thread_master *master, char *zebra_sock_path)
 {
   int i;
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
 #endif
 
   /* Socket for receiving updates from Zebra daemon */
-  qpim_zclient_update = zclient_new();
+  qpim_zclient_update = zclient_new (master);
 
   qpim_zclient_update->zebra_connected          = pim_zebra_connected;
   qpim_zclient_update->router_id_update         = pim_router_id_update_zebra;
diff --git a/pimd/pim_zebra.h b/pimd/pim_zebra.h
index d624c86..af5baef 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_zebra.h
+++ b/pimd/pim_zebra.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "pim_igmp.h"
 #include "pim_ifchannel.h"
 
-void pim_zebra_init(char *zebra_sock_path);
+void pim_zebra_init (struct thread_master *master, char *zebra_sock_path);
 
 void pim_scan_oil(void);
 
diff --git a/pimd/pim_zlookup.c b/pimd/pim_zlookup.c
index 67896d9..297a2a8 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_zlookup.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_zlookup.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 {
   struct zclient *zlookup;
 
-  zlookup = zclient_new();
+  zlookup = zclient_new (master);
   if (!zlookup) {
     zlog_err("%s: zclient_new() failure",
 	     __PRETTY_FUNCTION__);