diff --git a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_pam.c b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_pam.c
index b379e2c7a94..5e0bc9d00dc 100644
--- a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_pam.c
+++ b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_pam.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ failed:
 /****************************************************************
 ****************************************************************/
 
-static bool check_request_flags(uint32_t flags)
+bool check_request_flags(uint32_t flags)
 {
 	uint32_t flags_edata = WBFLAG_PAM_AFS_TOKEN |
 			       WBFLAG_PAM_INFO3_TEXT |
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ static bool check_request_flags(uint32_t flags)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	DEBUG(1,("check_request_flags: invalid request flags[0x%08X]\n",flags));
+	DEBUG(1, ("check_request_flags: invalid request flags[0x%08X]\n",
+		  flags));
 
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_proto.h b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_proto.h
index cf8a9a3fb2e..dc5650165b1 100644
--- a/source3/winbindd/winbindd_proto.h
+++ b/source3/winbindd/winbindd_proto.h
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ void ndr_print_winbindd_domain(struct ndr_print *ndr,
 
 /* The following definitions come from winbindd/winbindd_pam.c  */
 
+bool check_request_flags(uint32_t flags);
 struct winbindd_domain *find_auth_domain(uint8_t flags,
 					 const char *domain_name);
 NTSTATUS append_auth_data(struct winbindd_cli_state *state,