diff --git a/src/unixfork.c b/src/unixfork.c
index 5033a77..62f7378 100644
--- a/src/unixfork.c
+++ b/src/unixfork.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 /* required by DBPRINT from dbprint.h */
-extern int flushing = 0;
+int flushing = 0;
 #endif
 
 /* The following globals are used to communicate between Unix