diff --git a/lib/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline.c
index 06d75efb7348516d8eae409476410f510aff15d1..0b3d7371266ad58531898ce416abea6a29c52145 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -253,3 +253,4 @@ char *next_arg(char *args, char **param, char **val)
 	/* Chew up trailing spaces. */
 	return skip_spaces(next);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(next_arg);