diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 583bc11f16..5bfbf62648 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -1955,25 +1955,6 @@ qemuValidateDevicePCISlotsPIIX3(virDomainDefPtr def,
 }
 
 
-static bool
-qemuDomainMachineIsQ35(virDomainDefPtr def)
-{
-    return (STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-q35") ||
-            STREQ(def->os.machine, "q35"));
-}
-
-
-static bool
-qemuDomainMachineIsI440FX(virDomainDefPtr def)
-{
-    return (STREQ(def->os.machine, "pc") ||
-            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-0.") ||
-            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-1.") ||
-            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-i440") ||
-            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "rhel"));
-}
-
-
 static int
 qemuDomainValidateDevicePCISlotsQ35(virDomainDefPtr def,
                                     virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 2478ad7eef..fa8229ffcd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -3078,3 +3078,22 @@ qemuFindAgentConfig(virDomainDefPtr def)
 
     return config;
 }
+
+
+bool
+qemuDomainMachineIsQ35(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    return (STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-q35") ||
+            STREQ(def->os.machine, "q35"));
+}
+
+
+bool
+qemuDomainMachineIsI440FX(const virDomainDef *def)
+{
+    return (STREQ(def->os.machine, "pc") ||
+            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-0.") ||
+            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-1.") ||
+            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "pc-i440") ||
+            STRPREFIX(def->os.machine, "rhel"));
+}
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index bc426834f5..3162f84e16 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -438,4 +438,7 @@ void qemuDomainMemoryDeviceAlignSize(virDomainMemoryDefPtr mem);
 
 virDomainChrSourceDefPtr qemuFindAgentConfig(virDomainDefPtr def);
 
+bool qemuDomainMachineIsQ35(const virDomainDef *def);
+bool qemuDomainMachineIsI440FX(const virDomainDef *def);
+
 #endif /* __QEMU_DOMAIN_H__ */