diff --git a/C/iopreds.c b/C/iopreds.c
index 30b0c12da..cb6561aa2 100644
--- a/C/iopreds.c
+++ b/C/iopreds.c
@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ Yap_DebugPutc(int sno, wchar_t ch)
   return (Sputc(ch, GLOBAL_stderr));
 }
 
+static int 
+Yap_DebugPuts(int sno, const char * s)
+{
+  if (GLOBAL_Option['l' - 96])
+    (void) fputs(s, GLOBAL_logfile);
+  return (Sfputs(s, GLOBAL_stderr));
+}
+
 void
 Yap_DebugPlWrite(Term t)
 {
@@ -212,6 +220,13 @@ Yap_DebugErrorPutc(int c)
    Yap_DebugPutc (LOCAL_c_error_stream, c);
 }
 
+void 
+Yap_DebugErrorPuts(const char *s)
+{
+  CACHE_REGS
+   Yap_DebugPuts (LOCAL_c_error_stream, s);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/H/Yapproto.h b/H/Yapproto.h
index 7ec515f9e..83acf11bb 100755
--- a/H/Yapproto.h
+++ b/H/Yapproto.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ void   *Yap_GetOutputStream(Atom at);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 extern void Yap_DebugPlWrite (Term t);
 extern void Yap_DebugErrorPutc (int n);
+extern void Yap_DebugErrorPuts (const char *s);
 #endif
 void    Yap_PlWriteToStream(Term, int, int);
 /* depth_lim.c */