diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.c b/src/detect-engine-address.c
index e76b32c96d..e0b147d9bf 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static void DetectAddressParseIPv6CIDR(int cidr, struct in6_addr *in6)
  * \retval  0 On successfully parsing the address string.
  * \retval -1 On failure.
  */
-static int DetectAddressParseString(DetectAddress *dd, char *str)
+int DetectAddressParseString(DetectAddress *dd, char *str)
 {
     char *ipdup = SCStrdup(str);
     char *ip = NULL;
diff --git a/src/detect-engine-address.h b/src/detect-engine-address.h
index ab83716a10..628f208ee0 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine-address.h
+++ b/src/detect-engine-address.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ DetectAddressHead *DetectAddressHeadInit(void);
 void DetectAddressHeadFree(DetectAddressHead *);
 void DetectAddressHeadCleanup(DetectAddressHead *);
 
+int DetectAddressParseString(DetectAddress *, char *);
 int DetectAddressParse(DetectAddressHead *, char *);
 
 DetectAddress *DetectAddressInit(void);
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ int DetectAddressJoin(DetectEngineCtx *, DetectAddress *, DetectAddress *);
 
 DetectAddress *DetectAddressLookupInHead(DetectAddressHead *, Address *);
 DetectAddress *DetectAddressLookupInList(DetectAddress *, DetectAddress *);
+int DetectAddressMatch(DetectAddress *, Address *);
 
 DetectAddress *DetectAddressCopy(DetectAddress *);
 void DetectAddressPrint(DetectAddress *);