diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 0ad06f5ea0353e16f080d3edf983cc7e368667ba..21bc615bc5c4d058d4459d849432e11bcb228643 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1115,6 +1115,7 @@ virCgroupMounted;
 virCgroupMoveTask;
 virCgroupPathOfController;
 virCgroupRemove;
+virCgroupRemoveRecursively;
 virCgroupSetBlkioDeviceWeight;
 virCgroupSetBlkioWeight;
 virCgroupSetCpuCfsPeriod;
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 532e70422e3611744291a2d0d7dec9b544460219..6998f13aa4f56914254afe13649d41f754183c49 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ cleanup:
 #endif
 
 #if defined _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE
-static int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath)
+int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath)
 {
     DIR *grpdir;
     struct dirent *ent;
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath)
     return rc;
 }
 #else
-static int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     /* Claim no support */
     return -ENXIO;
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.h b/src/util/vircgroup.h
index 2ed6ff966dc50ce0d7d2021c7f5f7ae7dc7b4ab8..ea42fa22169e80f2b1bbfb60c8fea14c22f20dcd 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.h
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ int virCgroupGetCpusetMems(virCgroupPtr group, char **mems);
 int virCgroupSetCpusetCpus(virCgroupPtr group, const char *cpus);
 int virCgroupGetCpusetCpus(virCgroupPtr group, char **cpus);
 
+int virCgroupRemoveRecursively(char *grppath);
 int virCgroupRemove(virCgroupPtr group);
 
 void virCgroupFree(virCgroupPtr *group);