diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/releng/inc/releng_getopts.inc b/libisoburn/trunk/releng/inc/releng_getopts.inc
index cc1ad35e..b29d62a0 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/releng/inc/releng_getopts.inc
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/releng/inc/releng_getopts.inc
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ Usage: $SELF -x path/to/xorriso [-k0|1] [-f0|1] [-h]
 EOF
 }
 
+boldify() {
+ if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then tput smso; fi
+}
+
+unboldify() {
+ if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then tput rmso; fi
+}
+
 #############################################
 cleanup() {
  if [ ${KEEP} -eq 0 -a ${CLEANUP} -eq 1 ]; then