diff --git a/include/llvm/Assembly/Writer.h b/include/llvm/Assembly/Writer.h
index fcd450f08d2..43edb090c38 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Assembly/Writer.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Assembly/Writer.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ std::ostream &WriteTypeSymbolic(std::ostream &, const Type *, const Module *M);
 std::ostream &WriteAsOperand(std::ostream &, const Value *, bool PrintTy = true,
                              bool PrintName = true, const Module *Context = 0);
 
+std::ostream &WriteAsOperand(std::ostream&, const Type*, bool PrintTy = true,
+	                     bool PrintName = true, const Module* Context = 0);
+
 } // End llvm namespace
 
 #endif