diff --git a/package/libnl-tiny/src/include/unl.h b/package/libnl-tiny/src/include/unl.h
index 57e348ae1db0795fef818d69aeb265cdfdd2ca40..4fe7dc745d1bfdc4f54eec8678b24e1001274bee 100644
--- a/package/libnl-tiny/src/include/unl.h
+++ b/package/libnl-tiny/src/include/unl.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ int unl_genl_request(struct unl *unl, struct nl_msg *msg, unl_cb handler, void *
 int unl_genl_request_single(struct unl *unl, struct nl_msg *msg, struct nl_msg **dest);
 void unl_genl_loop(struct unl *unl, unl_cb handler, void *arg);
 
+int unl_genl_multicast_id(struct unl *unl, const char *name);
 int unl_genl_subscribe(struct unl *unl, const char *name);
 int unl_genl_unsubscribe(struct unl *unl, const char *name);
 
diff --git a/package/libnl-tiny/src/unl.c b/package/libnl-tiny/src/unl.c
index 71487e0c1096615d96c86f0158b5bbe4a9c63e72..b38dab83978997450183716769c59ba6c696cac3 100644
--- a/package/libnl-tiny/src/unl.c
+++ b/package/libnl-tiny/src/unl.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ void unl_genl_loop(struct unl *unl, unl_cb handler, void *arg)
 	nl_cb_put(cb);
 }
 
-static int unl_genl_multicast_id(struct unl *unl, const char *name)
+int unl_genl_multicast_id(struct unl *unl, const char *name)
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MCAST_GRP_MAX + 1];
 	struct nlattr *groups, *group;