diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/worker/task_tracker.c b/src/backend/distributed/worker/task_tracker.c
index fe2cf3af9..1afabb371 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/worker/task_tracker.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/worker/task_tracker.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static volatile sig_atomic_t got_SIGHUP = false;
 static volatile sig_atomic_t got_SIGTERM = false;
 
 /* initialization forward declarations */
-static void TaskTrackerMain(Datum main_arg);
 static Size TaskTrackerShmemSize(void);
 static void TaskTrackerShmemInit(void);
 
@@ -108,7 +107,8 @@ TaskTrackerRegister(void)
 	worker.bgw_flags = BGWORKER_SHMEM_ACCESS;
 	worker.bgw_start_time = BgWorkerStart_ConsistentState;
 	worker.bgw_restart_time = 1;
-	worker.bgw_main = TaskTrackerMain;
+	snprintf(worker.bgw_library_name, BGW_MAXLEN, "citus");
+	snprintf(worker.bgw_function_name, BGW_MAXLEN, "TaskTrackerMain");
 	worker.bgw_notify_pid = 0;
 	snprintf(worker.bgw_name, BGW_MAXLEN, "task tracker");
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ TaskTrackerRegister(void)
 
 
 /* Main entry point for task tracker process. */
-static void
+void
 TaskTrackerMain(Datum main_arg)
 {
 	MemoryContext TaskTrackerContext = NULL;
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/task_tracker.h b/src/include/distributed/task_tracker.h
index 756314b1c..1b76d9547 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/task_tracker.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/task_tracker.h
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ extern int MaxRunningTasksPerNode;
 /* State shared by the task tracker and task tracker protocol functions */
 extern WorkerTasksSharedStateData *WorkerTasksSharedState;
 
+/* Entry point */
+extern void TaskTrackerMain(Datum main_arg);
 
 /* Function declarations local to the worker module */
 extern WorkerTask * WorkerTasksHashEnter(uint64 jobId, uint32 taskId);