diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_ecommunity.c b/bgpd/bgp_ecommunity.c
index 8d5fa74..244ffd1 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_ecommunity.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_ecommunity.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 /* This function takes pointer to Extended Communites strucutre then
    create a new Extended Communities structure by uniq and sort each
    Extended Communities value.  */
-static struct ecommunity *
+struct ecommunity *
 ecommunity_uniq_sort (struct ecommunity *ecom)
 {
   int i;