diff --git a/src/lib/failures.c b/src/lib/failures.c
index e8de68a8cc..560250758a 100644
--- a/src/lib/failures.c
+++ b/src/lib/failures.c
@@ -52,6 +52,26 @@ static char *log_stamp_format = NULL, *log_stamp_format_suffix = NULL;
 static bool failure_ignore_errors = FALSE, log_prefix_sent = FALSE;
 static bool coredump_on_error = FALSE;
 
+typedef int (*failure_write_to_file_t)(enum log_type type, string_t *data, size_t prefix_len);
+typedef string_t *(*failure_format_str_t)(const struct failure_context *ctx,
+				  size_t *prefix_len_r, const char *format,
+				  va_list args);
+typedef void (*failure_on_handler_failure_t)(const struct  failure_context *ctx);
+typedef void (*failure_post_handler_t)(const struct  failure_context *ctx);
+
+
+struct failure_handler_vfuncs {
+	failure_write_to_file_t write;
+	failure_format_str_t format;
+	failure_on_handler_failure_t on_handler_failure;
+	failure_post_handler_t post_handler;
+};
+
+struct failure_handler_config {
+	int fatal_err_reset;
+	struct failure_handler_vfuncs *v;
+};
+
 static void ATTR_FORMAT(2, 0)
 i_internal_error_handler(const struct failure_context *ctx,
 			 const char *format, va_list args);