diff --git a/redo/uipriv.h b/redo/uipriv.h
index a0cc516c..8bd99629 100644
--- a/redo/uipriv.h
+++ b/redo/uipriv.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // 6 april 2015
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#define uthash_fatal(msg) complain("uthash failed: %s", (msg))
+#define uthash_malloc(sz) uiAlloc((sz), "(uthash internal)")
+#define uthash_free(ptr,sz) uiFree((ptr))
+#include "uthash/uthash.h"
+
 extern uiInitOptions options;
 
 extern void *uiAlloc(size_t, const char *);