diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/ipaccess.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/ipaccess.h
index 76acf7c..e101428 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/ipaccess.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/ipaccess.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 int ipaccess_send_id_ack(int fd);
 int ipaccess_send_id_req(int fd);
 
+int ipaccess_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len);
+
+
 /*
  * Firmware specific header
  */
diff --git a/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c b/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
index 7fc7578..10a3d22 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/input/ipaccess.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 	return idtag_names[tag];
 }
 
-static int ipac_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len)
+int ipaccess_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len)
 {
 	u_int8_t t_len;
 	u_int8_t t_tag;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 	case IPAC_MSGT_ID_RESP:
 		DEBUGP(DMI, "ID_RESP ");
 		/* parse tags, search for Unit ID */
-		ipac_idtag_parse(&tlvp, (u_int8_t *)msg->l2h + 2,
+		ipaccess_idtag_parse(&tlvp, (u_int8_t *)msg->l2h + 2,
 				 msgb_l2len(msg)-2);
 		DEBUGP(DMI, "\n");