diff --git a/sstables/compaction_manager.cc b/sstables/compaction_manager.cc
index 278e0d4cda..ac87e145d4 100644
--- a/sstables/compaction_manager.cc
+++ b/sstables/compaction_manager.cc
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ future<> compaction_manager::rewrite_sstables(column_family* cf, sstables::compa
     return task->compaction_done.get_future().then([task] {});
 }
 
-static bool needs_cleanup(const sstables::shared_sstable& sst,
+bool needs_cleanup(const sstables::shared_sstable& sst,
                    const dht::token_range_vector& owned_ranges,
                    schema_ptr s) {
     auto first = sst->get_first_partition_key();
diff --git a/sstables/compaction_manager.hh b/sstables/compaction_manager.hh
index bbd3b0e728..c413c41410 100644
--- a/sstables/compaction_manager.hh
+++ b/sstables/compaction_manager.hh
@@ -271,3 +271,5 @@ public:
     friend class compaction_weight_registration;
 };
 
+bool needs_cleanup(const sstables::shared_sstable& sst, const dht::token_range_vector& owned_ranges, schema_ptr s);
+