diff --git a/chid.pxd b/chid.pxd
index 977e47e..fcd8a5d 100644
--- a/chid.pxd
+++ b/chid.pxd
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ cdef extern from "hidapi.h":
     hid_device* hid_open(unsigned short, unsigned short, const wchar_t*)
     hid_device* hid_open_path(char *path)
     void hid_close(hid_device *)
+    int hid_init()
     int hid_exit()
     int hid_write(hid_device* device, unsigned char *data, int length) nogil
     int hid_read(hid_device* device, unsigned char* data, int max_length) nogil
diff --git a/hid.pyx b/hid.pyx
index a74ee64..f779143 100644
--- a/hid.pyx
+++ b/hid.pyx
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ from libc.stddef cimport wchar_t, size_t
 __version__ = "0.13.1"
 
 
+hid_init()
+
+
 cdef extern from "ctype.h":
     int wcslen(wchar_t*)