diff --git a/Block.js b/Block.js
index 85ff6361e..940aff97c 100644
--- a/Block.js
+++ b/Block.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function spec(b) {
   var Debug1 = b.Debug1 || function() {};
   var Script = b.Script || require('./Script').class();
   var Bignum = b.Bignum || require('bignum');
+  var Binary = b.Binary || require('binary');
   var Put = b.Put || require('bufferput');
   var Step = b.Step || require('step');
   var Transaction = b.Transaction || require('./Transaction').class();
@@ -47,6 +48,27 @@ function spec(b) {
     return put.buffer();
   };
 
+  Block.prototype.parseHeader = function parseHeader(buf) {
+    if (buf.length != 80)
+      throw new VerificationError('Block header length invalid');
+
+    var vars = Binary.parse(buf)
+    	.word32lu('version')
+	.buffer('prev_hash', 32)
+	.buffer('merkle_root', 32)
+	.word32lu('timestamp')
+	.word32lu('bits')
+	.word32lu('nonce')
+	.vars;
+
+    this.version = vars.version;
+    this.prev_hash = vars.prev_hash;
+    this.merkle_root = vars.merkle_root;
+    this.timestamp = vars.timestamp;
+    this.bits = vars.bits;
+    this.nonce = vars.nonce;
+  };
+
   Block.prototype.calcHash = function calcHash() {
     var header = this.getHeader();
 
diff --git a/Deserialize.js b/Deserialize.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a80d13e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Deserialize.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+exports.intFromCompact = function(c)
+{
+	var bytes = (c >> 24) & 0xff;
+	var v = (c & 0xffffff) << (8 * (bytes - 3));
+	return v;
+}
+
diff --git a/RpcClient.js b/RpcClient.js
index 625611726..f9d5b1b8f 100644
--- a/RpcClient.js
+++ b/RpcClient.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ function ClassSpec(b) {
     getTxOutSetInfo: '',
     getWork: '',
     help: '',
+    importAddress: 'str str bool',
     importPrivKey: 'str str bool',
     keypoolRefill: '',
     listAccounts: 'int',