diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 5c9d2f69a6..861d711631 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static inline int proto2zebra(int proto, int family, bool is_nexthop)
 /*
 Pending: create an efficient table_id (in a tree/hash) based lookup)
  */
-static vrf_id_t vrf_lookup_by_table(uint32_t table_id, ns_id_t ns_id)
+vrf_id_t vrf_lookup_by_table(uint32_t table_id, ns_id_t ns_id)
 {
 	struct vrf *vrf;
 	struct zebra_vrf *zvrf;
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.h b/zebra/rt_netlink.h
index d6a993e78a..a364d305c5 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.h
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern int netlink_macfdb_read_specific_mac(struct zebra_ns *zns,
 					    struct ethaddr *mac, uint16_t vid);
 extern int netlink_neigh_read_specific_ip(struct ipaddr *ip,
 					  struct interface *vlan_if);
+extern vrf_id_t vrf_lookup_by_table(uint32_t table_id, ns_id_t ns_id);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }