diff --git a/common/hush.c b/common/hush.c
index 8021a68446..85a603071f 100644
--- a/common/hush.c
+++ b/common/hush.c
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ static void remove_bg_job(struct pipe *pi);
 /*     local variable support */
 static char **make_list_in(char **inp, char *name);
 static char *insert_var_value(char *inp);
-static char *get_local_var(const char *var);
 
 #ifndef __U_BOOT__
 /* Table of built-in functions.  They can be forked or not, depending on
@@ -2169,7 +2168,7 @@ static char *get_dollar_var(char ch);
 #endif
 
 /* This is used to get/check local shell variables */
-static char *get_local_var(const char *s)
+char *get_local_var(const char *s)
 {
 	struct variables *cur;
 
diff --git a/include/hush.h b/include/hush.h
index 0805ff3d88..5c566cc8da 100644
--- a/include/hush.h
+++ b/include/hush.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int parse_file_outer(void);
 
 int set_local_var(const char *s, int flg_export);
 void unset_local_var(const char *name);
+char *get_local_var(const char *s);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HUSH_INIT_VAR)
 extern int hush_init_var (void);