diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 746d130c74..23da579ce2 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void vhost_dev_sync_region(struct vhost_dev *dev,
     }
 }
 
-static bool vhost_dev_has_iommu(struct vhost_dev *dev)
+bool vhost_dev_has_iommu(struct vhost_dev *dev)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = dev->vdev;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
index a52f273347..f7f10c8fb7 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
@@ -336,4 +336,5 @@ int vhost_dev_set_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev,
                            struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
 int vhost_dev_get_inflight(struct vhost_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_size,
                            struct vhost_inflight *inflight);
+bool vhost_dev_has_iommu(struct vhost_dev *dev);
 #endif