diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 005b59f..9e45325 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	src/barebox-state.c \
 	\
 	src/asm/unaligned.h \
+	src/barebox-state.h \
 	src/base64.h \
 	src/crypto/internal.h \
 	src/crypto/sha.h \
diff --git a/src/barebox-state.c b/src/barebox-state.c
index 8995628..bc1010e 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <mtd/mtd-abi.h>
 
+#include <barebox-state.h>
 #include <common.h>
 #include <digest.h>
 #include <dt.h>
@@ -1898,7 +1899,7 @@
 	return str;
 }
 
-static char *state_get_var(struct state *state, const char *var)
+char *state_get_var(struct state *state, const char *var)
 {
 	struct state_variable *sv;
 	struct variable_type *vtype;
@@ -1941,7 +1942,7 @@
 }
 
 
-static struct state *state_get(const char *name)
+struct state *state_get(const char *name)
 {
 	struct device_node *root, *node, *partition_node;
 	char *path;
diff --git a/src/barebox-state.h b/src/barebox-state.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d5b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/barebox-state.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __BAREBOX_STATE__
+#define __BAREBOX_STATE__
+
+struct state *state_get(const char *name);
+char *state_get_var(struct state *state, const char *var);
+
+#endif /* __BAREBOX_STATE__ */