diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.c b/src/conf/capabilities.c
index 9ab343bc65508ca905558fd8f74b59144c6041c0..87e274c06675c12fa6c467fa82b43af23ae2617e 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.c
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ virCapabilitiesFreeGuestFeature(virCapsGuestFeaturePtr feature)
     VIR_FREE(feature);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 virCapabilitiesFreeGuest(virCapsGuestPtr guest)
 {
     size_t i;
diff --git a/src/conf/capabilities.h b/src/conf/capabilities.h
index cfdc34a66b88992178ff3a8b6a7eeea97d5c31b2..8634fda144582ea4c22d2d09d23c4eccd42d5c5d 100644
--- a/src/conf/capabilities.h
+++ b/src/conf/capabilities.h
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ void
 virCapabilitiesFreeMachines(virCapsGuestMachinePtr *machines,
                             int nmachines);
 
+void
+virCapabilitiesFreeGuest(virCapsGuestPtr guest);
+
 virCapsGuestPtr
 virCapabilitiesAddGuest(virCapsPtr caps,
                         int ostype,
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 9dc374173212c3e3b67e781a00044f3aa2be9d8a..f10322192cafb81a0968f001d8a083e3daec8d09 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ virCapabilitiesAllocMachines;
 virCapabilitiesClearHostNUMACellCPUTopology;
 virCapabilitiesDomainDataLookup;
 virCapabilitiesFormatXML;
+virCapabilitiesFreeGuest;
 virCapabilitiesFreeMachines;
 virCapabilitiesFreeNUMAInfo;
 virCapabilitiesGetCpusForNodemask;