diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 6aa8ff57..6c6c9c8e 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
 
 #define SDS_ABORT_ON_OOM
 
-#include "sds.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include "sds.h"
 #include "zmalloc.h"
 
 static void sdsOomAbort(void) {
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ 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));
 }
@@ -90,11 +85,6 @@ void sdsfree(sds s) {
     zfree(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/src/sds.h b/src/sds.h
index 91a38782..a55c5b42 100644
--- a/src/sds.h
+++ b/src/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();