diff --git a/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h b/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
index a8494810..9b587b55 100644
--- a/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
+++ b/lib/clixon/clixon_log.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int clicon_log_file(char *filename);
 int clicon_log_string_limit_set(size_t sz);
 size_t clicon_log_string_limit_get(void);
 int clicon_get_logflags(void);
+int clicon_log_str(int level, char *msg);
 int clicon_log(int level, const char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 int clicon_debug(int dbglevel, const char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 int clicon_debug_init(int dbglevel, FILE *f);
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_log.c b/lib/src/clixon_log.c
index 19444b33..63bddb01 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_log.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_log.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ slogtime(void)
  * @note syslog makes its own filtering, but if log to stderr we do it here
  * @see  clicon_debug
  */
-static int
+int
 clicon_log_str(int           level, 
 	       char         *msg)
 {