diff --git a/include/libzfs.h b/include/libzfs.h
index 6752579e8..082b690e9 100644
--- a/include/libzfs.h
+++ b/include/libzfs.h
@@ -672,6 +672,12 @@ extern int zfs_deleg_share_nfs(libzfs_handle_t *, char *, char *, char *,
 extern void zfs_nicenum(uint64_t, char *, size_t);
 extern int zfs_nicestrtonum(libzfs_handle_t *, const char *, uint64_t *);
 
+/*
+ * Utility functions to run an external process.
+ */
+int libzfs_run_process(const char *, char **);
+int libzfs_load_module(const char *);
+
 /*
  * Given a device or file, determine if it is part of a pool.
  */
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index 33c440c48..37dba8d39 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ libzfs_module_loaded(const char *module)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 libzfs_run_process(const char *path, char *argv[])
 {
 	pid_t pid;
@@ -657,13 +657,14 @@ libzfs_run_process(const char *path, char *argv[])
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 libzfs_load_module(const char *module)
 {
 	char *argv[4] = {"/sbin/modprobe", "-q", (char *)module, (char *)0};
 
 	if (libzfs_module_loaded(module))
 		return 0;
+
 	return libzfs_run_process("/sbin/modprobe", argv);
 }