diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_logging.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_logging.h
index 2444547d0b4..e383f163d72 100644
--- a/ctdb/include/ctdb_logging.h
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_logging.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const char *get_debug_by_level(int32_t level);
 bool parse_debug(const char *str, int32_t *level);
 void print_debug_levels(FILE *stream);
 
-void ctdb_log_init_file(void);
 void ctdb_log_init_syslog(void);
 
 #endif /* _CTDB_LOGGING_H_ */
diff --git a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
index 7281acb1157..717316aeaa7 100644
--- a/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
+++ b/ctdb/include/ctdb_private.h
@@ -1426,4 +1426,8 @@ struct ctdb_log_state *ctdb_vfork_with_logging(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
 int ctdb_set_child_logging(struct ctdb_context *ctdb);
 int ctdb_init_tevent_logging(struct ctdb_context *ctdb);
 
+/* from ctdb_logging_file.c */
+
+void ctdb_log_init_file(void);
+
 #endif