diff --git a/apps/plugin.c b/apps/plugin.c
index 70260dbbb0..a53618d93c 100644
--- a/apps/plugin.c
+++ b/apps/plugin.c
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ static struct plugin_api rockbox_api = {
     lcd_put_cursor,
     lcd_remove_cursor,
 #endif
+    settings_parseline,
+    strcmp,
 };
 
 int plugin_load(char* plugin, void* parameter)
diff --git a/apps/plugin.h b/apps/plugin.h
index ace963c905..659e6dbda3 100644
--- a/apps/plugin.h
+++ b/apps/plugin.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* increase this every time the api struct changes */
-#define PLUGIN_API_VERSION 20
+#define PLUGIN_API_VERSION 21
 
 /* update this to latest version if a change to the api struct breaks
    backwards compatibility (and please take the opportunity to sort in any 
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ struct plugin_api {
     void (*lcd_put_cursor)(int x, int y, char cursor_char);
     void (*lcd_remove_cursor)(void);
 #endif
+    bool (*settings_parseline)(char* line, char** name, char** value);
+    int (*strcmp)(const char *, const char *);
 };
 
 /* defined by the plugin loader (plugin.c) */