diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
index 91d040718..5e3f7ce94 100644
--- a/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/Makefile.Vx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 TOP = ../../..
 include $(TOP)/config/CONFIG_BASE
 
-SRCS.c = ../iocLogClient.c ../veclist.c
+SRCS.c = ../iocLogClient.c ../veclist.c \
+	../epicsDynLink.c
+
+INC += epicsDynLink.h
 
 #
 # Tornado supplies this
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ SRCS.c += ../ldpp.c
 endif
 
 LIBOBJS = veclist.o iocLogClient.o \
-	  symFindByNameEPICS.o symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.o
+	  epicsDynLink.o
 
 #
 # Tornado supplies this
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h b/src/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77ed6b40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+/*
+ * These routines will eventually need to be made OS independent
+ * (currently this is vxWorks specific)
+ */
+
+#ifndef epicsDynLinkh
+#define epicsDynLinkh
+
+#ifdef symFindByName
+#undef symFindByName
+#endif
+
+#include "vxWorks.h"
+#include "symLib.h"
+#include "sysSymTbl.h"
+ 
+STATUS symFindByNameEPICS( 
+	SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType);
+
+STATUS symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS( 
+	SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType,
+	SYM_TYPE  sType,
+	SYM_TYPE  mask);
+
+#endif /* ifdef epicsDynLinkh */
+
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c b/src/libvxWorks/epicsdynlink.c
similarity index 68%
rename from src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c
rename to src/libvxWorks/epicsdynlink.c
index 7dc3b38f0..af7f12aa2 100644
--- a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameEPICS.c
+++ b/src/libvxWorks/epicsdynlink.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id$
+/* $Id $
  *
  * Comments from original version:
  *   On the MIPS processor, all symbols do not have the prepended underscore.
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
  * 02a,03apr97,npr  changed from mips.h into symFindByNameMips.c
  * 03a,03jun98,wfl  changed Mips -> EPICS and avoid architecture knowledge
  */
- 
-#ifdef symFindByName
-#undef symFindByName
-#endif
- 
-#include "vxWorks.h"
-#include "symLib.h"
+
+#include "epicsDynLink.h"
  
 STATUS symFindByNameEPICS( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
 	char      *name,
@@ -36,3 +31,23 @@ STATUS symFindByNameEPICS( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
 
 	return status;
 }
+
+STATUS symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS( 
+	SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType,
+	SYM_TYPE  sType,
+	SYM_TYPE  mask	)
+{
+	STATUS status;
+
+	status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, name, pvalue,
+				       pType, sType, mask );
+
+	if ( status == ERROR && name[0] == '_' )
+		status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, (name+1), pvalue,
+					       pType, sType, mask );
+
+	return status;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c b/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 74cf09026..000000000
--- a/src/libvxWorks/symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* $Id$
- *
- * On various RISC processors (at least MIPS and PPC), symbols do not have
- * the prepended underscore. Here we redefine symFindByNameAndType so that,
- * if the name lookup fails and if the first character of the name is "_",
- * the lookup is repeated starting at the second character of the name string.
- *
- * 01a,03jun98,wfl  created (from symFindByNameEPICS.c).
- */
- 
-#ifdef symFindByNameAndType
-#undef symFindByNameAndType
-#endif
- 
-#include "vxWorks.h"
-#include "symLib.h"
- 
-STATUS symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS( SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
-	char      *name,
-	char      **pvalue,
-	SYM_TYPE  *pType,
-	SYM_TYPE  sType,
-	SYM_TYPE  mask	)
-{
-	STATUS status;
-
-	status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, name, pvalue,
-				       pType, sType, mask );
-
-	if ( status == ERROR && name[0] == '_' )
-		status = symFindByNameAndType( symTblId, (name+1), pvalue,
-					       pType, sType, mask );
-
-	return status;
-}
diff --git a/src/vxWorks/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h b/src/vxWorks/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77ed6b40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vxWorks/libvxWorks/epicsDynLink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+/*
+ * These routines will eventually need to be made OS independent
+ * (currently this is vxWorks specific)
+ */
+
+#ifndef epicsDynLinkh
+#define epicsDynLinkh
+
+#ifdef symFindByName
+#undef symFindByName
+#endif
+
+#include "vxWorks.h"
+#include "symLib.h"
+#include "sysSymTbl.h"
+ 
+STATUS symFindByNameEPICS( 
+	SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType);
+
+STATUS symFindByNameAndTypeEPICS( 
+	SYMTAB_ID symTblId,
+	char      *name,
+	char      **pvalue,
+	SYM_TYPE  *pType,
+	SYM_TYPE  sType,
+	SYM_TYPE  mask);
+
+#endif /* ifdef epicsDynLinkh */
+