diff --git a/include/haproxy/time.h b/include/haproxy/time.h
index 0fba2cc43..87bc3655a 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/time.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/time.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval date;             /* the real current date */
 extern struct timeval start_date;       /* the process's start date */
 extern THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval before_poll;      /* system date before calling poll() */
 extern THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval after_poll;       /* system date after leaving poll() */
+extern volatile unsigned long long global_now;
 
 
 /**** exported functions *************************************************/
diff --git a/src/time.c b/src/time.c
index a665a85b1..d5344d26f 100644
--- a/src/time.c
+++ b/src/time.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval before_poll;     /* system date before calling poll(
 THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval after_poll;      /* system date after leaving poll() */
 
 static THREAD_LOCAL struct timeval tv_offset;  /* per-thread time ofsset relative to global time */
-static volatile unsigned long long global_now; /* common date between all threads (32:32) */
+volatile unsigned long long global_now;      /* common date between all threads (32:32) */
 
 static THREAD_LOCAL unsigned int iso_time_sec;     /* last iso time value for this thread */
 static THREAD_LOCAL char         iso_time_str[34]; /* ISO time representation of gettimeofday() */