diff --git a/pd/src/g_graph.c b/pd/src/g_graph.c
index 9006ee03897422fa236086a2b4acf7442abd5d70..aab1b50b470d5fa8bfa5b775e364077ff24c7edb 100644
--- a/pd/src/g_graph.c
+++ b/pd/src/g_graph.c
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ int canvas_setdeleting(t_canvas *x, int flag)
 /* JMZ: emit a closebang message */
 void canvas_closebang(t_canvas *x);
 
+/* variant of the glist_findrtext found in g_rtext.c 
+   that does not throw a consistency check */
+extern t_rtext *glist_tryfindrtext(t_glist *gl, t_text *who);
+
     /* delete an object from a glist and free it */
 void glist_delete(t_glist *x, t_gobj *y)
 {