diff --git a/include/proto/pattern.h b/include/proto/pattern.h
index ee7518cd5..29773f8b8 100644
--- a/include/proto/pattern.h
+++ b/include/proto/pattern.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #ifndef _PROTO_PATTERN_H
 #define _PROTO_PATTERN_H
 
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include <common/config.h>
 #include <common/standard.h>
 #include <types/pattern.h>
@@ -41,6 +43,17 @@
  */
 int pattern_register(struct pattern_expr *expr, char *text, struct sample_storage *smp, struct pattern **pattern, int patflags, char **err);
 
+/* return the PAT_MATCH_* index for match name "name", or < 0 if not found */
+static inline int pat_find_match_name(const char *name)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < PAT_MATCH_NUM; i++)
+		if (strcmp(name, pat_match_names[i]) == 0)
+			return i;
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /* This function executes a pattern match on a sample. It applies pattern <expr>
  * to sample <smp>. If <sample> is not NULL, a pointer to an optional sample
  * associated to the matching patterned will be put there. The function returns
diff --git a/src/acl.c b/src/acl.c
index 86a85971c..e8d4dc3ec 100644
--- a/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/acl.c
@@ -38,17 +38,6 @@ static struct acl_kw_list acl_keywords = {
 	.list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(acl_keywords.list)
 };
 
-/* return the PAT_MATCH_* index for match name "name", or < 0 if not found */
-static int acl_find_match_name(const char *name)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < PAT_MATCH_NUM; i++)
-		if (strcmp(name, pat_match_names[i]) == 0)
-			return i;
-	return -1;
-}
-
 /* input values are 0 or 3, output is the same */
 static inline enum acl_test_res pat2acl(enum pat_match_res res)
 {
@@ -474,7 +463,7 @@ struct acl_expr *parse_acl_expr(const char **args, char **err, struct arg_list *
 				goto out_free_expr;
 			}
 
-			idx = acl_find_match_name(args[1]);
+			idx = pat_find_match_name(args[1]);
 			if (idx < 0) {
 				memprintf(err, "unknown matching method '%s' when parsing ACL expression", args[1]);
 				goto out_free_expr;