diff --git a/lib/Makefile.inc b/lib/Makefile.inc
index 69ad159f3..da11f8e0c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/Makefile.inc
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ HHEADERS = arpa_telnet.h netrc.h file.h timeval.h qssl.h hostip.h	\
   curl_memrchr.h imap.h pop3.h smtp.h pingpong.h rtsp.h curl_threads.h	\
   warnless.h curl_hmac.h polarssl.h curl_rtmp.h curl_gethostname.h	\
   gopher.h axtls.h cyassl.h http_proxy.h non-ascii.h asyn.h curl_ntlm.h \
-  curl_gssapi.h curl_ntlm_wb.h curl_ntlm_core.h curl_ntlm_msgs.h
+  curl_gssapi.h curl_ntlm_wb.h curl_ntlm_core.h curl_ntlm_msgs.h 	\
+  curl_sasl.h
diff --git a/lib/curl_sasl.h b/lib/curl_sasl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbbbad440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/curl_sasl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef HEADER_CURL_SASL_H
+#define HEADER_CURL_SASL_H
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "pingpong.h"
+
+/* Authentication mechanism flags */
+#define SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN         0x0001
+#define SMTP_AUTH_PLAIN         0x0002
+#define SMTP_AUTH_CRAM_MD5      0x0004
+#define SMTP_AUTH_DIGEST_MD5    0x0008
+#define SMTP_AUTH_GSSAPI        0x0010
+#define SMTP_AUTH_EXTERNAL      0x0020
+#define SMTP_AUTH_NTLM          0x0040
+
+#endif /* HEADER_CURL_SASL_H */
diff --git a/lib/smtp.c b/lib/smtp.c
index 5b2d9d38d..ab1afbb96 100644
--- a/lib/smtp.c
+++ b/lib/smtp.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include "curl_hmac.h"
 #include "curl_gethostname.h"
 #include "curl_ntlm_msgs.h"
+#include "curl_sasl.h"
 #include "warnless.h"
 
 #define _MPRINTF_REPLACE /* use our functions only */
diff --git a/lib/smtp.h b/lib/smtp.h
index 55f169e02..a010494c3 100644
--- a/lib/smtp.h
+++ b/lib/smtp.h
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ struct smtp_conn {
   bool ssldone; /* is connect() over SSL done? only relevant in multi mode */
 };
 
-/* Authentication mechanism flags. */
-#define SMTP_AUTH_LOGIN         0x0001
-#define SMTP_AUTH_PLAIN         0x0002
-#define SMTP_AUTH_CRAM_MD5      0x0004
-#define SMTP_AUTH_DIGEST_MD5    0x0008
-#define SMTP_AUTH_GSSAPI        0x0010
-#define SMTP_AUTH_EXTERNAL      0x0020
-#define SMTP_AUTH_NTLM          0x0040
-
 extern const struct Curl_handler Curl_handler_smtp;
 extern const struct Curl_handler Curl_handler_smtps;