diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c b/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
index e550a4645..63924ba00 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/master/worker_node_manager.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ static WorkerNode * FindRandomNodeFromList(List *candidateWorkerNodeList);
 static bool OddNumber(uint32 number);
 static bool ListMember(List *currentList, WorkerNode *workerNode);
 static bool NodeIsPrimaryWorker(WorkerNode *node);
-static bool NodeCanHaveDistTablePlacements(WorkerNode *node);
 static bool NodeIsReadableWorker(WorkerNode *node);
 
 
@@ -430,7 +429,7 @@ DistributedTablePlacementNodeList(LOCKMODE lockMode)
  * NodeCanHaveDistTablePlacements returns true if the given node can have
  * shards of a distributed table.
  */
-static bool
+bool
 NodeCanHaveDistTablePlacements(WorkerNode *node)
 {
 	if (!NodeIsPrimary(node))
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h b/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
index 65d0e212b..c9850564e 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/worker_manager.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ extern List * ActivePrimaryWorkerNodeList(LOCKMODE lockMode);
 extern List * ActivePrimaryNodeList(LOCKMODE lockMode);
 extern List * ReferenceTablePlacementNodeList(LOCKMODE lockMode);
 extern List * DistributedTablePlacementNodeList(LOCKMODE lockMode);
+extern bool NodeCanHaveDistTablePlacements(WorkerNode *node);
 extern uint32 ActiveReadableWorkerNodeCount(void);
 extern List * ActiveReadableWorkerNodeList(void);
 extern List * ActiveReadableNodeList(void);