diff --git a/common/image-fit.c b/common/image-fit.c
index 259ac75792..beb6c9a0d8 100644
--- a/common/image-fit.c
+++ b/common/image-fit.c
@@ -1223,8 +1223,8 @@ int calculate_hash(const void *data, int data_len, const char *algo,
 #endif
 #endif
 
-static int fit_image_check_hash(const void *fit, int noffset, const void *data,
-				size_t size, char **err_msgp)
+int fit_image_check_hash(const void *fit, int noffset, const void *data,
+			 size_t size, char **err_msgp)
 {
 	uint8_t value[FIT_MAX_HASH_LEN];
 	int value_len;
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index cc84b49728..a6d4a0fd35 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -1021,6 +1021,8 @@ int fit_image_get_rollback_index(const void *fit, int noffset, uint32_t *index);
 int fit_image_hash_get_algo(const void *fit, int noffset, char **algo);
 int fit_image_hash_get_value(const void *fit, int noffset, uint8_t **value,
 				int *value_len);
+int fit_image_check_hash(const void *fit, int noffset, const void *data,
+			 size_t size, char **err_msgp);
 
 int fit_set_timestamp(void *fit, int noffset, time_t timestamp);