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diff --git a/support/support.h b/support/support.h
index b61fe0735c..34ae6e10cd 100644
--- a/support/support.h
+++ b/support/support.h
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ void support_write_file_string (const char *path, const char *contents);
the result). */
char *support_quote_blob (const void *blob, size_t length);
+/* Returns non-zero if the file descriptor is a regular file on a file
+ system which supports holes (that is, seeking and writing does not
+ allocate storage for the range of zeros). FD must refer to a
+ regular file open for writing, and initially empty. */
+int support_descriptor_supports_holes (int fd);
+
/* Error-checking wrapper functions which terminate the process on
error. */