diff --git a/src/poly.c b/src/poly.c
index 3ee3341..b5b6dd7 100644
--- a/src/poly.c
+++ b/src/poly.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 /*
  * static declarations
  */
-static unsigned int get_degree(pb_poly const * const poly);
 static void pb_mod2_to_modq(pb_poly * const a,
 		pb_poly *Fq,
 		ntru_context *ctx);
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ void pb_xor(pb_poly *a,
  * @param poly the polynomial
  * @return the degree
  */
-static unsigned int get_degree(pb_poly const * const poly)
+unsigned int get_degree(pb_poly const * const poly)
 {
 	unsigned int count = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/poly.h b/src/poly.h
index 4f3beea..9c2f988 100644
--- a/src/poly.h
+++ b/src/poly.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+
+unsigned int get_degree(pb_poly const * const poly);
+
 #define MP_SET(...) mp_set(__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define MP_SET_INT(...) \