diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e20bb5a..26a81c4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ src/H5Fed_store.h -text
 src/H5Part.c -text
 src/H5Part.h -text
 src/H5_inquiry.c -text
+src/H5_inquiry.h -text
 src/Makefile.am -text
 src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.cc -text
 src/bindings/C++/H5Fed.hh -text
diff --git a/src/H5_inquiry.h b/src/H5_inquiry.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..525ef91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/H5_inquiry.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef __H5_INQUIRY_H
+#define __H5_INQUIRY_H
+
+h5_size_t
+H5GetNumNodes (
+	h5_file_t * const f
+	);
+
+h5_size_t
+H5GetNumSteps (
+	h5_file_t * const f
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5HasStep (
+	h5_file_t * const f,
+	h5_id_t step
+	);
+#endif