diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/metadata_cache.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/metadata_cache.c
index 441c9464e..1e8c3253f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/metadata_cache.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/metadata_cache.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ static void CachedRelationNamespaceLookup(const char *relationName, Oid relnames
 										  Oid *cachedOid);
 static ShardPlacement * ResolveGroupShardPlacement(
 	GroupShardPlacement *groupShardPlacement, ShardCacheEntry *shardEntry);
-static WorkerNode * LookupNodeForGroup(int32 groupId);
 static Oid LookupEnumValueId(Oid typeId, char *valueName);
 static void InvalidateEntireDistCache(void);
 
@@ -596,7 +595,7 @@ LookupNodeByNodeId(uint32 nodeId)
  * if we're reading from secondaries). If such a node does not exist it emits an
  * appropriate error message.
  */
-static WorkerNode *
+WorkerNode *
 LookupNodeForGroup(int32 groupId)
 {
 	bool foundAnyNodes = false;
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
index 29374068d..5b0b47400 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern void EnsureModificationsCanRun(void);
 /* access WorkerNodeHash */
 extern HTAB * GetWorkerNodeHash(void);
 extern WorkerNode * LookupNodeByNodeId(uint32 nodeId);
+extern WorkerNode * LookupNodeForGroup(int32 groupId);
 
 /* namespace oids */
 extern Oid CitusCatalogNamespaceId(void);