diff --git a/apps/plugin.c b/apps/plugin.c
index 7b26b0dd57..b9b88164b6 100644
--- a/apps/plugin.c
+++ b/apps/plugin.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ static const struct plugin_api rockbox_api = {
 
     strchr,
     strcat,
+    memcmp
 };
 
 int plugin_load(const char* plugin, void* parameter)
diff --git a/apps/plugin.h b/apps/plugin.h
index 0d1a9b2fa4..3b8d022219 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 30
+#define PLUGIN_API_VERSION 31
 
 /* update this to latest version if a change to the api struct breaks
    backwards compatibility (and please take the opportunity to sort in any 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ struct plugin_api {
     
     char *(*strchr)(const char *s, int c);
     char *(*strcat)(char *s1, const char *s2);
-
+    int (*memcmp)(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);
 };
 
 /* defined by the plugin loader (plugin.c) */