diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 9f83fe2c4c..d335a64173 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ struct refspec *parse_fetch_refspec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec)
 	return parse_refspec_internal(nr_refspec, refspec, 1, 0);
 }
 
-static struct refspec *parse_push_refspec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec)
+struct refspec *parse_push_refspec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec)
 {
 	return parse_refspec_internal(nr_refspec, refspec, 0, 0);
 }
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index dd8c517577..42c8f017b7 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ struct ref *ref_remove_duplicates(struct ref *ref_map);
 
 int valid_fetch_refspec(const char *refspec);
 struct refspec *parse_fetch_refspec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec);
+extern struct refspec *parse_push_refspec(int nr_refspec, const char **refspec);
 
 void free_refspec(int nr_refspec, struct refspec *refspec);