diff --git a/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.cpp b/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.cpp
index 71fd27c699bcc54bfd55b81647fc090f9f01f4ad..f22a43ac88f98105c125a8841094fd5d738a32c2 100644
--- a/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.cpp
+++ b/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "GlobalData.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 namespace common {
 
@@ -13,4 +14,8 @@ bool GlobalData::verbose = false;
 
 bool GlobalData::measure = false;
 
+int GlobalData::argc = 0;
+
+char * * GlobalData::argv = NULL;
+
 } /* common */
diff --git a/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.h b/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.h
index 178ca3facb00f8de08c6bc66ade3dbbd64712bde..4a9bbfb16930bfc02230e97f598ed82aabcd709d 100644
--- a/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.h
+++ b/alib2common/src/global/GlobalData.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public:
 	static bool verbose;
 	static bool measure;
 
+	static int argc;
+	static char * * argv;
 };
 
 } /* common */