diff --git a/include/crm/compatibility.h b/include/crm/compatibility.h
index f0e4d932ba..e9b4cf13ca 100644
--- a/include/crm/compatibility.h
+++ b/include/crm/compatibility.h
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 #ifndef CRM_COMPATIBILITY__H
 #  define CRM_COMPATIBILITY__H
 
+/* Heartbeat-specific definitions. Support for heartbeat has been removed
+ * entirely, so any code branches relying on these should be deleted.
+ */
+#define ACTIVESTATUS "active"
+#define DEADSTATUS "dead"
+#define PINGSTATUS "ping"
+#define JOINSTATUS "join"
+#define LEAVESTATUS "leave"
+#define NORMALNODE "normal"
+#define CRM_NODE_EVICTED "evicted"
+#define CRM_LEGACY_CONFIG_DIR "/var/lib/heartbeat/crm"
+#define HA_VARLIBHBDIR "/var/lib/heartbeat"
+
 #endif