diff --git a/libc/include/syslog.h b/libc/include/syslog.h
index 4677c14..a52e811 100644
--- a/libc/include/syslog.h
+++ b/libc/include/syslog.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
+
 #ifndef _SYSLOG_H
 #define _SYSLOG_H
 
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
-/* Alert levels */
 #define LOG_EMERG	0
 #define LOG_ALERT	1
 #define LOG_CRIT	2
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #define LOG_PRIMASK	7
 #define LOG_PRI(x)	((x) & LOG_PRIMASK)
 
-
-/* Facilities; not actually used */
 #define LOG_KERN	0000
 #define LOG_USER	0010
 #define LOG_MAIL	0020
@@ -73,30 +71,15 @@
 #define LOG_FACMASK	01770
 #define LOG_FAC(x)	(((x) >> 3) & (LOG_FACMASK >> 3))
 
-#define	LOG_MASK(pri)	(1 << (pri))		/* mask for one priority */
-#define	LOG_UPTO(pri)	((1 << ((pri)+1)) - 1)	/* all priorities through pri */
+#define LOG_MASK(pri) (1 << (pri))
+#define LOG_UPTO(pri) ((1 << ((pri)+1)) - 1)
 
-/* openlog() flags; only LOG_PID and LOG_PERROR supported */
-#define        LOG_PID         0x01    /* include pid with message */
-#define        LOG_CONS        0x02    /* write to console on logger error */
-#define        LOG_ODELAY      0x04    /* delay connection until syslog() */
-#define        LOG_NDELAY      0x08    /* open connection immediately */
-#define        LOG_NOWAIT      0x10    /* wait for child processes (unused on linux) */
-#define        LOG_PERROR      0x20    /* additional logging to stderr */
-
-/* BIONIC: the following definitions are from OpenBSD's sys/syslog.h
- */
-struct syslog_data {
-	int	log_file;
-        int	connected;
-        int	opened;
-        int	log_stat;
-        const char 	*log_tag;
-        int 	log_fac;
-        int 	log_mask;
-};
-
-#define SYSLOG_DATA_INIT {-1, 0, 0, 0, (const char *)0, LOG_USER, 0xff}
+#define LOG_PID    0x01    /* include pid with message */
+#define LOG_CONS   0x02    /* write to console on logger error */
+#define LOG_ODELAY 0x04    /* delay connection until syslog() */
+#define LOG_NDELAY 0x08    /* open connection immediately */
+#define LOG_NOWAIT 0x10    /* wait for child processes (unused on linux) */
+#define LOG_PERROR 0x20    /* additional logging to stderr */
 
 #define _PATH_LOG  "/dev/syslog"
 
@@ -105,11 +88,6 @@
 extern int	setlogmask(int);
 extern void	syslog(int, const char *, ...) __printflike(2, 3);
 extern void	vsyslog(int, const char *, va_list) __printflike(2, 0);
-extern void	closelog_r(struct syslog_data *);
-extern void	openlog_r(const char *, int, int, struct syslog_data *);
-extern int	setlogmask_r(int, struct syslog_data *);
-extern void	syslog_r(int, struct syslog_data *, const char *, ...) __printflike(3, 4);
-extern void	vsyslog_r(int, struct syslog_data *, const char *, va_list) __printflike(3, 0);
 
 __END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/libc/unistd/syslog.c b/libc/unistd/syslog.c
index 7878475..339df68 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/syslog.c
+++ b/libc/unistd/syslog.c
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+struct syslog_data {
+  int log_file;
+  int connected;
+  int opened;
+  int log_stat;
+  const char* log_tag;
+  int log_fac;
+  int log_mask;
+};
+
+#define SYSLOG_DATA_INIT {-1, 0, 0, 0, (const char *)0, LOG_USER, 0xff}
+
 static struct syslog_data sdata = SYSLOG_DATA_INIT;
 
 extern const char	*__progname;		/* Program name, from crt0. */
@@ -51,6 +63,18 @@
 static void	disconnectlog_r(struct syslog_data *);	/* disconnect from syslogd */
 static void	connectlog_r(struct syslog_data *);	/* (re)connect to syslogd */
 
+#if defined(__LP64__)
+#define SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY static
+#else
+#define SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY extern
+#endif
+
+SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY void closelog_r(struct syslog_data*);
+SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY void openlog_r(const char*, int, int, struct syslog_data*);
+SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY int setlogmask_r(int, struct syslog_data*);
+SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY void syslog_r(int, struct syslog_data*, const char*, ...) __printflike(3, 4);
+SYSLOG_R_VISIBILITY void vsyslog_r(int, struct syslog_data*, const char*, va_list) __printflike(3, 0);
+
 /*
  * syslog, vsyslog --
  *	print message on log file; output is intended for syslogd(8).
@@ -157,7 +181,7 @@
 	prlen = snprintf(p, tbuf_left, "<%d>", pri);
 	DEC();
 
-	/* 
+	/*
 	 * syslogd will expand time automagically for reentrant case, and
 	 * for normal case, just do like before
 	 */
@@ -196,10 +220,10 @@
 			++fmt;
 			if (data == &sdata) {
 				prlen = snprintf(t, fmt_left, "%s",
-				    strerror(saved_errno)); 
+				    strerror(saved_errno));
 			} else {
 				prlen = snprintf(t, fmt_left, "Error %d",
-				    saved_errno); 
+				    saved_errno);
 			}
 			if (prlen < 0)
 				prlen = 0;
@@ -269,7 +293,7 @@
 	if (error == -1 && (data->log_stat & LOG_CONS) &&
 	    (fd = open(_PATH_CONSOLE, O_WRONLY|O_NONBLOCK, 0)) >= 0) {
 		struct iovec iov[2];
-		
+
 		p = strchr(tbuf, '>') + 1;
 		iov[0].iov_base = p;
 		iov[0].iov_len = cnt - (p - tbuf);