diff --git a/src/core/pbuf.c b/src/core/pbuf.c
index e7989bab..5fcde0c1 100644
--- a/src/core/pbuf.c
+++ b/src/core/pbuf.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ void pbuf_split_64k(struct pbuf *p, struct pbuf **rest)
  * @param out_offset resulting offset in the returned pbuf
  * @return the pbuf in the queue where the offset is
  */
-static struct pbuf*
+struct pbuf*
 pbuf_skip(struct pbuf* in, u16_t in_offset, u16_t* out_offset)
 {
   u16_t offset_left = in_offset;
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/pbuf.h b/src/include/lwip/pbuf.h
index 474836e4..08dd8c77 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/pbuf.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/pbuf.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ err_t pbuf_copy(struct pbuf *p_to, struct pbuf *p_from);
 u16_t pbuf_copy_partial(struct pbuf *p, void *dataptr, u16_t len, u16_t offset);
 err_t pbuf_take(struct pbuf *buf, const void *dataptr, u16_t len);
 err_t pbuf_take_at(struct pbuf *buf, const void *dataptr, u16_t len, u16_t offset);
+struct pbuf *pbuf_skip(struct pbuf* in, u16_t in_offset, u16_t* out_offset);
 struct pbuf *pbuf_coalesce(struct pbuf *p, pbuf_layer layer);
 #if LWIP_CHECKSUM_ON_COPY
 err_t pbuf_fill_chksum(struct pbuf *p, u16_t start_offset, const void *dataptr,