diff --git a/include/villas/stats.h b/include/villas/stats.h
index 8f628ff10..f321e9648 100644
--- a/include/villas/stats.h
+++ b/include/villas/stats.h
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ enum stats_id {
 	STATS_COUNT		/**< Just here to have an updated number of statistics. */
 };
 
+struct stats_desc {
+	const char *name;
+	const char *unit;
+	const char *desc;
+	int hist_buckets;
+};
+
 struct stats_delta {
 	double values[STATS_COUNT];
 
@@ -64,6 +71,9 @@ struct stats {
 	struct stats_delta *delta;
 };
 
+extern
+struct stats_desc stats_metrics[];
+
 int stats_lookup_format(const char *str);
 
 int stats_init(struct stats *s, int buckets, int warmup);
diff --git a/lib/stats.c b/lib/stats.c
index 5719c3c64..cb8b0f7eb 100644
--- a/lib/stats.c
+++ b/lib/stats.c
@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@
 #include <villas/node.h>
 #include <villas/table.h>
 
-static struct stats_desc {
-	const char *name;
-	const char *unit;
-	const char *desc;
-	int hist_buckets;
-} stats_metrics[] = {
+struct stats_desc stats_metrics[] = {
 	{ "skipped",	  "samples", "Skipped samples and the distance between them",			25 },
 	{ "proc_time",	  "seconds", "The processing time per sample within VILLAsnode",		25 },
 	{ "reordered",	  "samples", "Reordered samples and the distance between them",			25 },