diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
index b60d2418c9..428d3f3c18 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
@@ -1158,3 +1158,11 @@ JACKAudioBackend::speed_and_position (double& speed, framepos_t& position)
 	position = pos.frame;
 	return starting;
 }
+
+int
+JACKAudioBackend::reset_device ()
+{
+        /* XXX need to figure out what this means for JACK
+         */
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.h b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.h
index 000a348161..5a5aaaff63 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.h
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class JACKAudioBackend : public AudioBackend {
     int set_systemic_midi_input_latency (std::string const, uint32_t) { return 0; }
     int set_systemic_midi_output_latency (std::string const, uint32_t) { return 0; }
 
+    int reset_device ();
+
     std::string  device_name () const;
     float        sample_rate () const;
     uint32_t     buffer_size () const;