diff --git a/include/haproxy/tcpcheck.h b/include/haproxy/tcpcheck.h
index 0d92983c4..3abd1ef07 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/tcpcheck.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/tcpcheck.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ int proxy_parse_spop_check_opt(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *curpx, co
 int proxy_parse_httpchk_opt(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *curpx, const struct proxy *defpx,
 			    const char *file, int line);
 
+void tcp_check_keywords_register(struct action_kw_list *kw_list);
 
 /* Return the struct action_kw associated to a keyword */
 static inline struct action_kw *action_kw_tcp_check_lookup(const char *kw)
@@ -114,11 +115,6 @@ static inline void action_kw_tcp_check_build_list(struct buffer *chk)
 	action_build_list(&tcp_check_keywords.list, chk);
 }
 
-static inline void tcp_check_keywords_register(struct action_kw_list *kw_list)
-{
-	LIST_APPEND(&tcp_check_keywords.list, &kw_list->list);
-}
-
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_TCPCHECK_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/tcpcheck.c b/src/tcpcheck.c
index ff1c32b5a..ba9321eb1 100644
--- a/src/tcpcheck.c
+++ b/src/tcpcheck.c
@@ -2316,6 +2316,10 @@ int tcpcheck_main(struct check *check)
 	return retcode;
 }
 
+void tcp_check_keywords_register(struct action_kw_list *kw_list)
+{
+	LIST_APPEND(&tcp_check_keywords.list, &kw_list->list);
+}
 
 /**************************************************************************/
 /******************* Internals to parse tcp-check rules *******************/