diff --git a/src/host.h b/src/host.h
index 2616b4b35b..56a16dc472 100644
--- a/src/host.h
+++ b/src/host.h
@@ -146,5 +146,7 @@ void HostMoveToSpare(Host *);
 uint32_t HostSpareQueueGetSize(void);
 void HostPrintStats (void);
 
+void HostRegisterUnittests(void);
+
 #endif /* __HOST_H__ */
 
diff --git a/src/runmode-unittests.c b/src/runmode-unittests.c
index d77f78b689..10f540ae03 100644
--- a/src/runmode-unittests.c
+++ b/src/runmode-unittests.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ void RunUnittests(int list_unittests, char *regex_arg)
     ConfYamlRegisterTests();
     TmqhFlowRegisterTests();
     FlowRegisterTests();
+    HostRegisterUnittests();
     SCSigRegisterSignatureOrderingTests();
     SCRadixRegisterTests();
     DefragRegisterTests();