diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index 22453622e..8783e5806 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 # Ed Hartnett, Dennis Heimbigner, Ward Fisher
 
-include_HEADERS = netcdf.h netcdf_meta.h netcdf_mem.h netcdf_aux.h netcdf_filter.h
+include_HEADERS = netcdf.h netcdf_meta.h netcdf_mem.h netcdf_aux.h	\
+netcdf_filter.h netcdf_dispatch.h
 
 if BUILD_PARALLEL
 include_HEADERS += netcdf_par.h
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ ncuri.h ncutf8.h ncdispatch.h ncdimscale.h netcdf_f.h err_macros.h	\
 ncbytes.h nchashmap.h ceconstraints.h rnd.h nclog.h ncconfigure.h	\
 nc4internal.h nctime.h nc3internal.h onstack.h ncrc.h ncauth.h		\
 ncoffsets.h nctestserver.h nc4dispatch.h nc3dispatch.h ncexternl.h	\
-ncwinpath.h ncindex.h hdf4dispatch.h hdf5internal.h \
-nc_provenance.h hdf5dispatch.h ncmodel.h
+ncwinpath.h ncindex.h hdf4dispatch.h hdf5internal.h nc_provenance.h	\
+hdf5dispatch.h ncmodel.h
 
 if USE_DAP
 noinst_HEADERS += ncdap.h
diff --git a/include/netcdf_dispatch.h b/include/netcdf_dispatch.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b29a0b462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/netcdf_dispatch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Copyright 2018-2018 University Corporation for Atmospheric
+   Research/Unidata. */
+/**
+ * @file
+ * @internal Includes prototypes for core dispatch functionality.
+ *
+ * @author Dennis Heimbigner
+ */
+
+#ifndef NETCDF_DISPATCH_H
+#define NETCDF_DISPATCH_H
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#endif /* NETCDF_DISPATCH_H */