diff --git a/include/haproxy/check.h b/include/haproxy/check.h
index 2756a5fe2..228f9d64d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/check.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/check.h
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ void check_release_buf(struct check *check, struct buffer *bptr);
 const char *init_check(struct check *check, int type);
 void free_check(struct check *check);
 
+int init_srv_check(struct server *srv);
+int init_srv_agent_check(struct server *srv);
+int start_check_task(struct check *check, int mininter, int nbcheck, int srvpos);
+
 /* Declared here, but the definitions are in flt_spoe.c */
 int spoe_prepare_healthcheck_request(char **req, int *len);
 int spoe_handle_healthcheck_response(char *frame, size_t size, char *err, int errlen);
diff --git a/src/check.c b/src/check.c
index dbd9f56a3..1391d113c 100644
--- a/src/check.c
+++ b/src/check.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ struct task *process_chk(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned int state)
 }
 
 
-static int start_check_task(struct check *check, int mininter,
+int start_check_task(struct check *check, int mininter,
 			    int nbcheck, int srvpos)
 {
 	struct task *t;
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ static int srv_check_healthcheck_port(struct check *chk)
 /* Initializes an health-check attached to the server <srv>. Non-zero is returned
  * if an error occurred.
  */
-static int init_srv_check(struct server *srv)
+int init_srv_check(struct server *srv)
 {
 	const char *err;
 	struct tcpcheck_rule *r;
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ static int init_srv_check(struct server *srv)
 /* Initializes an agent-check attached to the server <srv>. Non-zero is returned
  * if an error occurred.
  */
-static int init_srv_agent_check(struct server *srv)
+int init_srv_agent_check(struct server *srv)
 {
 	struct tcpcheck_rule *chk;
 	const char *err;