diff --git a/common/hush.c b/common/hush.c
index 8021a68..85a6030 100644
--- a/common/hush.c
+++ b/common/hush.c
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@
 /*     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 @@
 #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 0805ff3..5c566cc 100644
--- a/include/hush.h
+++ b/include/hush.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 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);