https://bugs.gentoo.org/709306
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
  * globals
  */
 
+extern int gxine_init_count;
 int             verbosity;
 GtkWidget      *app = NULL;
 const char     *plugindir, *bindir, *logodir, *pixmapdir, *icondir, *miscdir, *confdir;
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void do_pending_events (void);
 
 const char *get_copyright_notice (void);
 
-int gxine_init_count;
+extern int gxine_init_count;
 static inline void gxine_init_add (GSourceFunc func, gpointer data)
 {
   ++gxine_init_count;