diff --git a/include/netcdf_dispatch.h b/include/netcdf_dispatch.h
index a1a7792ae..6f0788516 100644
--- a/include/netcdf_dispatch.h
+++ b/include/netcdf_dispatch.h
@@ -230,6 +230,17 @@ extern "C" {
      */
     EXTERNL int NC_NOOP_filter_actions(int, int, int, struct NC_Filterobject*);
 
+    /* These functions are for dispatch layers that don't want to
+     * implement the deprecated varm functions. They return
+     * NC_ENOTNC3. */
+    EXTERNL int NC_NOTNC3_get_varm(int ncid, int varid, const size_t *start,
+				   const size_t *edges, const ptrdiff_t *stride,
+				   const ptrdiff_t *imapp, void *value0, nc_type memtype);
+    EXTERNL int NC_NOTNC3_put_varm(int ncid, int varid, const size_t * start,
+				   const size_t *edges, const ptrdiff_t *stride,
+				   const ptrdiff_t *imapp, const void *value0,
+				   nc_type memtype);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/libdispatch/Makefile.am b/libdispatch/Makefile.am
index e1d5ec831..fa2c11a55 100644
--- a/libdispatch/Makefile.am
+++ b/libdispatch/Makefile.am
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ libdispatch_la_CPPFLAGS = ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 libdispatch_la_SOURCES = dparallel.c dcopy.c dfile.c ddim.c datt.c	\
 dattinq.c dattput.c dattget.c derror.c dvar.c dvarget.c dvarput.c	\
 dvarinq.c dinternal.c ddispatch.c dutf8.c nclog.c dstring.c ncuri.c	\
-nclist.c ncbytes.c nchashmap.c nctime.c nc.c nclistmgr.c		\
-dauth.c doffsets.c dwinpath.c dutil.c dreadonly.c dnotnc4.c \
-crc32.c crc32.h daux.c dinfermodel.c
+nclist.c ncbytes.c nchashmap.c nctime.c nc.c nclistmgr.c dauth.c	\
+doffsets.c dwinpath.c dutil.c dreadonly.c dnotnc4.c dnotnc3.c crc32.c	\
+crc32.h daux.c dinfermodel.c
 
 # Add the utf8 codebase
 libdispatch_la_SOURCES += utf8proc.c utf8proc.h