diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 9ab343bc65..87e274c066 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ virCapabilitiesFreeGuestFeature(virCapsGuestFeaturePtr feature)
     VIR_FREE(feature);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 virCapabilitiesFreeGuest(virCapsGuestPtr guest)
 {
     size_t i;
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.h b/src/conf/capabilities.h
index cfdc34a66b..8634fda144 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.h
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.h
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ void
 virCapabilitiesFreeMachines(virCapsGuestMachinePtr *machines,
                             int nmachines);
 
+void
+virCapabilitiesFreeGuest(virCapsGuestPtr guest);
+
 virCapsGuestPtr
 virCapabilitiesAddGuest(virCapsPtr caps,
                         int ostype,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 9dc3741732..f10322192c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ virCapabilitiesAllocMachines;
 virCapabilitiesClearHostNUMACellCPUTopology;
 virCapabilitiesDomainDataLookup;
 virCapabilitiesFormatXML;
+virCapabilitiesFreeGuest;
 virCapabilitiesFreeMachines;
 virCapabilitiesFreeNUMAInfo;
 virCapabilitiesGetCpusForNodemask;