diff --git a/src/cas/os/posix/osiMutex.h b/src/cas/os/posix/osiMutex.h
index 0ce658885..7b855ad9e 100644
--- a/src/cas/os/posix/osiMutex.h
+++ b/src/cas/os/posix/osiMutex.h
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 
-
 //
 // osiMutex - OS independent mutex 
 // (NOOP on single threaded OS)
 //
 class osiMutex {
 public:
+        //
+        // constructor that returns status
+        // (since g++ does not have exceptions)
+        //
+	int init() {return 0;}
         void lock() {};
         void unlock() {};
 private: