diff --git a/sds.c b/sds.c
index f05b107..2bd5a81 100644
--- a/sds.c
+++ b/sds.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 
 #define SDS_ABORT_ON_OOM
 
-#include "sds.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include "sds.h"
 
 static void sdsOomAbort(void) {
     fprintf(stderr,"SDS: Out Of Memory (SDS_ABORT_ON_OOM defined)\n");
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ sds sdsnew(const char *init) {
     return sdsnewlen(init, initlen);
 }
 
-size_t sdslen(const sds s) {
-    struct sdshdr *sh = (void*) (s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
-    return sh->len;
-}
-
 sds sdsdup(const sds s) {
     return sdsnewlen(s, sdslen(s));
 }
@@ -83,11 +78,6 @@ void sdsfree(sds s) {
     free(s-sizeof(struct sdshdr));
 }
 
-size_t sdsavail(sds s) {
-    struct sdshdr *sh = (void*) (s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
-    return sh->free;
-}
-
 void sdsupdatelen(sds s) {
     struct sdshdr *sh = (void*) (s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
     int reallen = strlen(s);
diff --git a/sds.h b/sds.h
index eb41eb7..94f5871 100644
--- a/sds.h
+++ b/sds.h
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ struct sdshdr {
     char buf[];
 };
 
+static inline size_t sdslen(const sds s) {
+    struct sdshdr *sh = (void*)(s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
+    return sh->len;
+}
+
+static inline size_t sdsavail(const sds s) {
+    struct sdshdr *sh = (void*)(s-(sizeof(struct sdshdr)));
+    return sh->free;
+}
+
 sds sdsnewlen(const void *init, size_t initlen);
 sds sdsnew(const char *init);
 sds sdsempty(void);