diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 87fe94d1..4a7b3cdd 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ http_rc2str(int code)
 /**
  * If current version mandates it, send a HTTP reply header back
  */
-static void
+void
 http_output_reply_header(http_connection_t *hc, int rc)
 {
   if(hc->hc_version < HTTP_VERSION_1_0)
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index 8f580e0c..36a5310b 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ int http_tokenize(char *buf, char **vec, int vecsize, int delimiter);
 
 void http_error(http_connection_t *hc, int error);
 
+void http_output_reply_header(http_connection_t *hc, int rc);
 
 typedef int (http_callback_t)(http_connection_t *hc, const char *remain,
 			      void *opaque);