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diff --git a/nacl/ffi/libsodium.py b/nacl/ffi/libsodium.py
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+"""
+CFFI interface to libsodium the library
+"""
+from cffi import FFI
+
+ffi = FFI()
+
+ffi.cdef(
+    # Low Level Hashing functions
+    """
+        static const int crypto_hash_BYTES;
+        static const int crypto_hash_sha256_BYTES;
+        static const int crypto_hash_sha512_BYTES;
+
+        int crypto_hash(unsigned char *out, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long long inlen);
+        int crypto_hash_sha256(unsigned char *out, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long long inlen);
+        int crypto_hash_sha512(unsigned char *out, const unsigned char *in, unsigned long long inlen);
+    """
+)
+
+lib = ffi.verify("#include <sodium.h>", libraries=["sodium"])