diff --git a/include/maestro/i_attributes.h b/include/maestro/i_attributes.h
index 830205415010526dadb3688f083d5dbeec1c4a4b..dc5d921dd3f3254b9d4786d3793fd504dbced94b 100644
--- a/include/maestro/i_attributes.h
+++ b/include/maestro/i_attributes.h
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ mstro_status
 mstro_cdo_attribute_set_isdistributed(mstro_cdo cdo, const char* key);
 
 
+/* Automaticallly set cdo.isdistributed attributed if the user set any of the
+   distributed layout attributes */
+static inline
+mstro_status
+mstro_cdo_attribute_set_isdistributed(mstro_cdo cdo, const char* key);
+
+
 /**@} (end of group MSTRO_I_Attributes) */
 /**@} (end of addtogroup MSTRO_Internal) */