diff --git a/src/shared/discover-image.c b/src/shared/discover-image.c
index bef64a6b04..564c7e05c0 100644
--- a/src/shared/discover-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/discover-image.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include "vpick.h"
 #include "xattr-util.h"
 
-static const char* const image_search_path[_IMAGE_CLASS_MAX] = {
+const char* const image_search_path[_IMAGE_CLASS_MAX] = {
         [IMAGE_MACHINE] =   "/etc/machines\0"              /* only place symlinks here */
                             "/run/machines\0"              /* and here too */
                             "/var/lib/machines\0"          /* the main place for images */
diff --git a/src/shared/discover-image.h b/src/shared/discover-image.h
index 350c3a22cc..6491cec886 100644
--- a/src/shared/discover-image.h
+++ b/src/shared/discover-image.h
@@ -122,3 +122,5 @@ int image_to_json(const struct Image *i, JsonVariant **ret);
 const char *image_root_to_string(ImageClass c) _const_;
 
 extern const struct hash_ops image_hash_ops;
+
+extern const char* const image_search_path[_IMAGE_CLASS_MAX];