diff --git a/cookiecontrol.module b/cookiecontrol.module
index 21cad08..4b2becd 100644
--- a/cookiecontrol.module
+++ b/cookiecontrol.module
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ function cookiecontrol_theme($existing, $type, $theme, $path) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_variable_info
+ */
+function cookiecontrol_variable_info($options) {
+  $variable['cookiecontrol_privacynode'] = array(
+     'title' => t('Privacy Policy Link'),
+     'description' => t('NID of node that represents your site\'s privacy policy.'),
+     'type' => 'string',
+     'default' => t(''),
+    );
+
+  return $variable;
+}
+
+/**
  * cookiecontrol_generatesitecookie function
  * Generates a clean string used for the sites cookie name
  */