diff --git a/include/netlink/cache.h b/include/netlink/cache.h
index c752920..61f94dd 100644
--- a/include/netlink/cache.h
+++ b/include/netlink/cache.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ extern int			nl_cache_include(struct nl_cache *,
 
 /* General */
 extern int			nl_cache_is_empty(struct nl_cache *);
+extern struct nl_object *	nl_cache_search(struct nl_cache *,
+						struct nl_object *);
 extern void			nl_cache_mark_all(struct nl_cache *);
 
 /* Dumping */