diff --git a/services/mediaanalytics/MediaAnalyticsService.h b/services/mediaanalytics/MediaAnalyticsService.h
index 632c692..6c9cbaa 100644
--- a/services/mediaanalytics/MediaAnalyticsService.h
+++ b/services/mediaanalytics/MediaAnalyticsService.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 
 };
 
+// hook to send things off to the statsd subsystem
+extern bool dump2Statsd(MediaAnalyticsItem *item);
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 }; // namespace android