diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.c b/lib/nexthop_group.c
index 2012fbdbed..0cfbeb8f40 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static void nhgc_delete_nexthops(struct nexthop_group_cmd *nhgc)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct nexthop_group_cmd *nhgc_find(const char *name)
+struct nexthop_group_cmd *nhgc_find(const char *name)
 {
 	struct nexthop_group_cmd find;
 
diff --git a/lib/nexthop_group.h b/lib/nexthop_group.h
index 563799dc8f..b22e083e6b 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop_group.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop_group.h
@@ -85,4 +85,7 @@ void nexthop_group_init(
 
 extern struct nexthop *nexthop_exists(struct nexthop_group *nhg,
 				      struct nexthop *nh);
+
+extern struct nexthop_group_cmd *nhgc_find(const char *name);
+
 #endif