diff --git a/src/redisassert.h b/src/redisassert.h
index 34e95268..c9b78327 100644
--- a/src/redisassert.h
+++ b/src/redisassert.h
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 #include <unistd.h> /* for _exit() */
 
 #define assert(_e) ((_e)?(void)0 : (_serverAssert(#_e,__FILE__,__LINE__),_exit(1)))
+#define panic(...) _serverPanic(__FILE__,__LINE__,__VA_ARGS__),_exit(1)
 
 void _serverAssert(char *estr, char *file, int line);
+void _serverPanic(const char *file, int line, const char *msg, ...);
 
 #endif