diff --git a/src/frontend/miscvars.c b/src/frontend/miscvars.c
index 9c4287f3d..af5376279 100644
--- a/src/frontend/miscvars.c
+++ b/src/frontend/miscvars.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ char *ft_setkwords[] = {
     "subend",
     "subinvoke",
     "substart",
+    "lxt2waves"   /* holmes:  adding switch to write lxt2 waveform database */
+    "swapendian"  /* holmes:  adding switch to write raw file in opposite endianness of OS */
     "term",
     "ticmarks",
     "tnom",
diff --git a/src/frontend/outitf.h b/src/frontend/outitf.h
index c3446b4e3..31e55ffc8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/outitf.h
+++ b/src/frontend/outitf.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct runDesc {
     bool writeOut;
     bool windowed;
     bool binary;
+    bool swapendian;
     struct plot *runPlot;
     FILE *fp;
     long pointPos;              /* where to write pointCount */