diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 51fa790616..ce2f908095 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessEvent(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessLine(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              const char *line,
                              qemuMonitorMessagePtr msg)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
index b7aff73eb3..b207e3c21d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 # include "cpu/cpu.h"
 # include "util/virgic.h"
 
+int qemuMonitorJSONIOProcessLine(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
+                                 const char *line,
+                                 qemuMonitorMessagePtr msg);
+
 int qemuMonitorJSONIOProcess(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                              const char *data,
                              size_t len,