diff --git a/src/jtag/drivers/stlink_usb.c b/src/jtag/drivers/stlink_usb.c
index d40436a0a..4f9d13276 100644
--- a/src/jtag/drivers/stlink_usb.c
+++ b/src/jtag/drivers/stlink_usb.c
@@ -1272,4 +1272,6 @@ struct stlink_layout_api_s stlink_usb_layout_api = {
 	.read_mem32 = stlink_usb_read_mem32,
 	/** */
 	.write_mem32 = stlink_usb_write_mem32,
+	/** */
+	.write_debug_reg = stlink_usb_write_debug_reg
 };
diff --git a/src/jtag/stlink/stlink_layout.h b/src/jtag/stlink/stlink_layout.h
index e0da75c74..905105a0a 100644
--- a/src/jtag/stlink/stlink_layout.h
+++ b/src/jtag/stlink/stlink_layout.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ struct stlink_layout_api_s {
 	int (*write_mem32) (void *handle, uint32_t addr, uint16_t len,
 			    const uint8_t *buffer);
 	/** */
+	int (*write_debug_reg) (void *handle, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val);
+	/** */
 	int (*idcode) (void *fd, uint32_t *idcode);
 	/** */
 	enum target_state (*state) (void *fd);