diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38ff03309a..923719640a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2005-04-01  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+2005-04-04  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Patch from Tom Parker: include "nm-utils.h" for backend files that need it
+
+2005-04-04  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManagerDevice.c:
 		- (nm_completion_scan_has_results): restore pre-completion-patch behavior
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c
index b39adebaf9..c2c6b00588 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerDebian.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerDevice.h"
 #include "interface_parser.h"
+#include "nm-utils.h"
 
 #define ARPING "/usr/sbin/arping"
 
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c
index 01b6e827aa..1fce98cc37 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerGentoo.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include "nm-utils.h"
 
 /* get strnlen */
 #define __USE_GNU 
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
index 1d143f4b99..2f81c7609f 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSlackware.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "NetworkManagerSystem.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerDevice.h"
+#include "nm-utils.h"
 
 /*
  *	Mostly a mix of the Gentoo and RedHat Backends
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ void nm_system_device_flush_addresses (NMDevice *dev)
 gboolean nm_system_device_setup_static_ip4_config (NMDevice *dev)
 {
 	nm_warning ("nm_system_device_setup_static_ip4_config() is not implemented yet for this distribution.\n");
+	return FALSE;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/backends/interface_parser.c b/src/backends/interface_parser.c
index 4c13e19947..935789670e 100644
--- a/src/backends/interface_parser.c
+++ b/src/backends/interface_parser.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include "nm-utils.h"
 
 if_block* first;
 if_block* last;