diff --git a/src/frontend/outitf.c b/src/frontend/outitf.c
index 0304a1a42..5e9e2f7a5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/outitf.c
+++ b/src/frontend/outitf.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int InterpPlotAdd(runDesc *plotPtr, IFvalue *refValue, IFvalue *valuePtr)
 #include "ngspice/tclspice.h"
 #elif defined SHARED_MODULE
 extern int sh_ExecutePerLoop(void);
-extern void sh_vecinit(runDesc *run);
+extern int sh_vecinit(runDesc *run);
 #endif
 
 /*Suppressing progress info in -o option */