diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 44d95bb..bd21092 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	str.h stream.h table.h thread.h vector.h version.h vty.h zebra.h \
 	plist.h zclient.h sockopt.h smux.h md5.h if_rmap.h keychain.h \
 	privs.h sigevent.h pqueue.h jhash.h zassert.h memtypes.h \
-	workqueue.h route_types.h
+	workqueue.h route_types.h libospf.h
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	regex.c regex-gnu.h \
diff --git a/lib/libospf.h b/lib/libospf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2282c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libospf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Defines and structures common to OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
+ * Copyright (C) 1998, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro, Toshiaki Takada
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Zebra.
+ *
+ * GNU Zebra is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * GNU Zebra is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GNU Zebra; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBOSPFD_H
+#define _LIBOSPFD_H
+
+/* IP precedence. */
+#ifndef IPTOS_PREC_INTERNETCONTROL
+#define IPTOS_PREC_INTERNETCONTROL	0xC0
+#endif /* IPTOS_PREC_INTERNETCONTROL */
+
+/* Default protocol, port number. */
+#ifndef IPPROTO_OSPFIGP
+#define IPPROTO_OSPFIGP         89
+#endif /* IPPROTO_OSPFIGP */
+
+/* Architectual Constants */
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define OSPF_LS_REFRESH_TIME                    60
+#else
+#define OSPF_LS_REFRESH_TIME                  1800
+#endif
+#define OSPF_MIN_LS_INTERVAL                     5
+#define OSPF_MIN_LS_ARRIVAL                      1
+#define OSPF_LSA_INITIAL_AGE                     0	/* useful for debug */
+#define OSPF_LSA_MAXAGE                       3600
+#define OSPF_CHECK_AGE                         300
+#define OSPF_LSA_MAXAGE_DIFF                   900
+#define OSPF_LS_INFINITY                  0xffffff
+#define OSPF_DEFAULT_DESTINATION        0x00000000      /* 0.0.0.0 */
+#define OSPF_INITIAL_SEQUENCE_NUMBER    0x80000001
+#define OSPF_MAX_SEQUENCE_NUMBER        0x7fffffff
+
+/* OSPF interface default values. */
+#define OSPF_OUTPUT_COST_DEFAULT           10
+#define OSPF_OUTPUT_COST_INFINITE	   UINT16_MAX
+#define OSPF_ROUTER_DEAD_INTERVAL_DEFAULT  40
+#define OSPF_ROUTER_DEAD_INTERVAL_MINIMAL   1
+#define OSPF_HELLO_INTERVAL_DEFAULT        10
+#define OSPF_ROUTER_PRIORITY_DEFAULT        1
+#define OSPF_RETRANSMIT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT    5
+#define OSPF_TRANSMIT_DELAY_DEFAULT         1
+#define OSPF_DEFAULT_BANDWIDTH		 10000	/* Kbps */
+
+#define OSPF_DEFAULT_REF_BANDWIDTH	100000  /* Kbps */
+
+#define OSPF_POLL_INTERVAL_DEFAULT         60
+#define OSPF_NEIGHBOR_PRIORITY_DEFAULT      0
+
+#define OSPF_MTU_IGNORE_DEFAULT             0
+#define OSPF_FAST_HELLO_DEFAULT             0
+
+#define OSPF_AREA_BACKBONE              0x00000000      /* 0.0.0.0 */
+
+/* SPF Throttling timer values. */
+#define OSPF_SPF_DELAY_DEFAULT              200
+#define OSPF_SPF_HOLDTIME_DEFAULT           1000
+#define OSPF_SPF_MAX_HOLDTIME_DEFAULT	    10000
+
+#define OSPF_LSA_MAXAGE_CHECK_INTERVAL		30
+#define OSFP_LSA_MAXAGE_REMOVE_DELAY_DEFAULT	60
+
+#endif /* _LIBOSPFD_H */