diff --git a/epan/value_string.h b/epan/value_string.h
index d4f5759554..3ffb379389 100644
--- a/epan/value_string.h
+++ b/epan/value_string.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* value_string.h
  * Definitions for value_string structures and routines
  *
- * $Id: value_string.h,v 1.4 2003/12/01 23:41:44 guy Exp $
+ * $Id: value_string.h,v 1.5 2004/02/22 22:45:21 guy Exp $
  *
  * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@zing.org>
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ typedef struct _value_string {
   gchar   *strptr;
 } value_string;
 
+#define VS_DEF(x) { x, #x }
+#define VS_END    { 0, NULL }
+
 extern gchar*     match_strval(guint32, const value_string*);
 
 extern gchar*     val_to_str(guint32, const value_string *, const char *);