diff --git a/include/scsi-lowlevel.h b/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
index 40707b4..109694c 100644
--- a/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
+++ b/include/scsi-lowlevel.h
@@ -724,6 +724,11 @@ EXTERN struct scsi_task *scsi_cdb_report_supported_opcodes(int report_timeouts,
 
 void *scsi_malloc(struct scsi_task *task, size_t size);
 
+inline uint32_t scsi_get_uint32(const unsigned char *c);
+inline uint16_t scsi_get_uint16(const unsigned char *c);
+inline void scsi_set_uint32(unsigned char *c, uint32_t val);
+inline void scsi_set_uint16(unsigned char *c, uint16_t val);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c b/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
index ab2940f..0cf7f0a 100644
--- a/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
+++ b/lib/scsi-lowlevel.c
@@ -160,18 +160,30 @@ scsi_sense_ascq_str(int ascq)
 	return value_string_find(ascqs, ascq);
 }
 
-static uint32_t
-scsi_get_uint32(unsigned char *c)
+inline uint32_t
+scsi_get_uint32(const unsigned char *c)
 {
 	return ntohl(*(uint32_t *)c);
 }
 
-static uint16_t
-scsi_get_uint16(unsigned char *c)
+inline uint16_t
+scsi_get_uint16(const unsigned char *c)
 {
 	return ntohs(*(uint16_t *)c);
 }
 
+inline void
+scsi_set_uint32(unsigned char *c, uint32_t val)
+{
+	*(uint32_t *)c = htonl(val);
+}
+
+inline void
+scsi_set_uint16(unsigned char *c, uint16_t val)
+{
+	*(uint16_t *)c = htons(val);
+}
+
 /*
  * TESTUNITREADY
  */