diff --git a/ntfsprogs/utils.h b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
index 206e7921..14b20b00 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/utils.h
+++ b/ntfsprogs/utils.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ int utils_inode_get_name (ntfs_inode *inode, char *buffer, int bufsize);
 int utils_attr_get_name (ntfs_volume *vol, ATTR_RECORD *attr, char *buffer, int bufsize);
 int utils_cluster_in_use (ntfs_volume *vol, long long lcn);
 int utils_mftrec_in_use (ntfs_volume *vol, MFT_REF mref);
+int utils_is_metadata (ntfs_inode *inode);
 
 time_t ntfs2utc (s64 time);
 s64 utc2ntfs (time_t time);