--- /dev/null
+#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_LFOLD_H__
+#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_LFOLD_H__
+
+/**
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup local_fold
+ *
+ * Local structures can be predicted by a modified version of the
+ * fold() algorithm that restricts the span of all base pairs.
+ * @{
+ * \file Lfold.h
+ * \brief Predicting local MFE structures of large sequences
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup local_mfe_fold
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \brief The local analog to fold().
+ *
+ * Computes the minimum free energy structure including only base pairs
+ * with a span smaller than 'maxdist'
+ *
+ * \ingroup local_mfe_fold
+ *
+ * \param string
+ * \param structure
+ * \param maxdist
+ */
+float Lfold(const char *string,
+ char *structure,
+ int maxdist);
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ *
+ * \ingroup local_mfe_fold
+ *
+ * \param string
+ * \param structure
+ * \param maxdist
+ * \param zsc
+ * \param min_z
+ */
+float Lfoldz( const char *string,
+ char *structure,
+ int maxdist,
+ int zsc,
+ double min_z);
+
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup local_consensus_fold
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @}
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ *
+ * \ingroup local_consensus_fold
+ *
+ * \param strings
+ * \param structure
+ * \param maxdist
+ * \return
+ */
+float aliLfold( const char **strings,
+ char *structure,
+ int maxdist);
+
+#endif