diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 9a9e9a3fb5..6c90d46d17 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 VIR_LOG_INIT("qemu.qemu_cgroup");
 
-static const char *const defaultDeviceACL[] = {
+const char *const defaultDeviceACL[] = {
     "/dev/null", "/dev/full", "/dev/zero",
     "/dev/random", "/dev/urandom",
     "/dev/ptmx", "/dev/kvm", "/dev/kqemu",
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.h b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.h
index 6e2c742629..8ae4a72ab1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.h
@@ -76,4 +76,5 @@ int qemuCgroupEmulatorAllNodesAllow(virCgroupPtr cgroup,
                                     qemuCgroupEmulatorAllNodesDataPtr *data);
 void qemuCgroupEmulatorAllNodesRestore(qemuCgroupEmulatorAllNodesDataPtr data);
 
+extern const char *const defaultDeviceACL[];
 #endif /* __QEMU_CGROUP_H__ */