diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
index 47674d29d7..be676269b8 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ qemuMigrationCookieNBDXMLFormat(qemuMigrationCookieNBDPtr nbd,
 }
 
 
-static int
+int
 qemuMigrationCookieXMLFormat(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                              virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
                              virBufferPtr buf,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
index 040ed913d5..ecd1a01375 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration_cookie.h
@@ -185,3 +185,10 @@ qemuMigrationCookieAddPersistent(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
 
 virDomainDefPtr
 qemuMigrationCookieGetPersistent(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig);
+
+/* qemuMigrationCookieXMLFormat is exported for test use only! */
+int
+qemuMigrationCookieXMLFormat(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
+                             virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
+                             virBufferPtr buf,
+                             qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig);