diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.c b/src/stream-tcp.c
index 1ce7ffe6bd..20bac5e94e 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static SCMutex ssn_pool_mutex = SCMUTEX_INITIALIZER; /**< init only, protect ini
 static uint64_t ssn_pool_cnt = 0; /** counts ssns, protected by ssn_pool_mutex */
 #endif
 
+TcpStreamCnf stream_config;
 uint64_t StreamTcpReassembleMemuseGlobalCounter(void);
 SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint64_t, st_memuse);
 
diff --git a/src/stream-tcp.h b/src/stream-tcp.h
index c1566bf407..b7acaafcff 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp.h
+++ b/src/stream-tcp.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ typedef struct StreamTcpThread_ {
     TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx;
 } StreamTcpThread;
 
-TcpStreamCnf stream_config;
+extern TcpStreamCnf stream_config;
 void StreamTcpInitConfig (char);
 void StreamTcpFreeConfig(char);
 void StreamTcpRegisterTests (void);