2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index d1c87d3e85..9162967907 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -2906,7 +2906,7 @@ read_file_to_str, (const char *filename, int flags, struct stat *stat_out))
  * provided), and return a pointer to the position in <b>s</b> immediately
  * after the string.  On failure, return NULL.
  */
-static const char *
+const char *
 unescape_string(const char *s, char **result, size_t *size_out)
 {
   const char *cp;
diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index 57605ccfd1..479fc8d610 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ MOCK_DECL_ATTR(char *, read_file_to_str,
 char *read_file_to_str_until_eof(int fd, size_t max_bytes_to_read,
                                  size_t *sz_out)
   ATTR_MALLOC;
+const char *unescape_string(const char *s, char **result, size_t *size_out);
 const char *parse_config_line_from_str_verbose(const char *line,
                                        char **key_out, char **value_out,
                                        const char **err_out);