diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 0fd0dd474..c51c5fe9b 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ nm_link_type_to_rtnl_type_string (NMLinkType type)
 	g_return_val_if_reached (NULL);
 }
 
-static const char *
+const char *
 nm_link_type_to_string (NMLinkType type)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/src/platform/nm-platform.h b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
index fac0e6d50..abc1dad56 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-platform.h
+++ b/src/platform/nm-platform.h
@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ NMPlatform *nm_platform_try_get (void);
 
 /******************************************************************/
 
+const char *nm_link_type_to_string (NMLinkType link_type);
+
 void nm_platform_set_error (NMPlatform *self, NMPlatformError error);
 NMPlatformError nm_platform_get_error (NMPlatform *self);
 const char *nm_platform_get_error_msg (NMPlatform *self);