diff --git a/src/shared/blockdev-util.c b/src/shared/blockdev-util.c
index c6ccab081e..c906aec109 100644
--- a/src/shared/blockdev-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/blockdev-util.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int block_device_get_whole_disk(sd_device *dev, sd_device **ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int block_device_get_originating(sd_device *dev, sd_device **ret) {
+int block_device_get_originating(sd_device *dev, sd_device **ret) {
         _cleanup_(sd_device_unrefp) sd_device *first_found = NULL;
         const char *suffix;
         dev_t devnum = 0;  /* avoid false maybe-uninitialized warning */
diff --git a/src/shared/blockdev-util.h b/src/shared/blockdev-util.h
index ea093c49a6..954a23df3e 100644
--- a/src/shared/blockdev-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/blockdev-util.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int block_device_new_from_path(const char *path, BlockDeviceLookupFlag flag, sd_
 
 int block_device_is_whole_disk(sd_device *dev);
 int block_device_get_whole_disk(sd_device *dev, sd_device **ret);
+int block_device_get_originating(sd_device *dev, sd_device **ret);
 
 int block_get_whole_disk(dev_t d, dev_t *ret);
 int block_get_originating(dev_t d, dev_t *ret);