diff --git a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
index 2c0839b8e5..35f55d0cdd 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
+++ b/src/libsystemd/libsystemd.sym
@@ -1062,5 +1062,7 @@ global:
 
 LIBSYSTEMD_258 {
 global:
+        sd_json_variant_type_from_string;
+        sd_json_variant_type_to_string;
         sd_varlink_reset_fds;
 } LIBSYSTEMD_257;
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-json/sd-json.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-json/sd-json.c
index a8a5e47761..2f2f6e0d00 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-json/sd-json.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-json/sd-json.c
@@ -5808,4 +5808,4 @@ static const char* const sd_json_variant_type_table[_SD_JSON_VARIANT_TYPE_MAX] =
         [SD_JSON_VARIANT_NULL]     = "null",
 };
 
-DEFINE_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP(sd_json_variant_type, sd_json_variant_type_t);
+_DEFINE_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP(sd_json_variant_type, sd_json_variant_type_t, _public_);