diff --git a/lib/libwebsockets.c b/lib/libwebsockets.c
index ff0c91fd..d8fa1e34 100644
--- a/lib/libwebsockets.c
+++ b/lib/libwebsockets.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "private-libwebsockets.h"
 
 int log_level = LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE;
-static void lwsl_emit_stderr(int level, const char *line);
 static void (*lwsl_emit)(int level, const char *line) = lwsl_emit_stderr;
 
 static const char * const log_level_names[] = {
@@ -703,7 +702,7 @@ libwebsocket_ensure_user_space(struct libwebsocket *wsi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void lwsl_emit_stderr(int level, const char *line)
+LWS_VISIBLE void lwsl_emit_stderr(int level, const char *line)
 {
 	char buf[300];
 	unsigned long long now;
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index 75a26e71..c365a808 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ LWS_EXTERN int get_daemonize_pid();
 LWS_EXTERN int interface_to_sa(struct libwebsocket_context *context,
 		const char *ifname, struct sockaddr_in *addr, size_t addrlen);
 
+LWS_EXTERN void lwsl_emit_stderr(int level, const char *line);
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 LWS_EXTERN HANDLE lws_plat_open_file(const char* filename, unsigned long* filelen);
 #else