diff --git a/src/libopensc/card.c b/src/libopensc/card.c
index ed33bb48..290f61e7 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/card.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/card.c
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ int _sc_check_forced_protocol(sc_context_t *ctx, u8 *atr, size_t atr_len, unsign
 	return ok;
 }
 
-scconf_block *_get_conf_block(sc_context_t *ctx, const char *name1, const char *name2, int priority)
+scconf_block *sc_get_conf_block(sc_context_t *ctx, const char *name1, const char *name2, int priority)
 {
 	int i;
 	scconf_block *conf_block = NULL;
diff --git a/src/libopensc/internal.h b/src/libopensc/internal.h
index c749570b..0b09dccc 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/internal.h
+++ b/src/libopensc/internal.h
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ struct sc_algorithm_info * _sc_card_find_rsa_alg(struct sc_card *card,
 int sc_asn1_read_tag(const u8 ** buf, size_t buflen, unsigned int *cla_out,
 		     unsigned int *tag_out, size_t *taglen);
 
-scconf_block *_get_conf_block(sc_context_t *ctx, const char *name1, const char *name2, int priority);
-
-
 /********************************************************************/
 /*                 pkcs1 padding/encoding functions                 */
 /********************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/libopensc/opensc.h b/src/libopensc/opensc.h
index 46b24ebc..31b81eb5 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/opensc.h
+++ b/src/libopensc/opensc.h
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ const sc_path_t *sc_get_mf_path(void);
 
 int sc_hex_to_bin(const char *in, u8 *out, size_t *outlen);
 int sc_bin_to_hex(const u8 *, size_t, char *, size_t, int separator);
+scconf_block *sc_get_conf_block(sc_context_t *ctx, const char *name1, const char *name2, int priority);
 /**
  * Converts a given OID in ascii form to a internal sc_object_id object
  * @param  oid  OUT sc_object_id object for the result
diff --git a/src/libopensc/reader-openct.c b/src/libopensc/reader-openct.c
index 62c97e27..26f596aa 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/reader-openct.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/reader-openct.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ openct_reader_init(sc_context_t *ctx, void **priv_data)
 
 	max=OPENCT_MAX_READERS; 
 
-        conf_block = _get_conf_block(ctx, "reader_driver", "openct", 1);
+        conf_block = sc_get_conf_block(ctx, "reader_driver", "openct", 1);
 	if (conf_block) {
 		max = scconf_get_int(conf_block, "readers", OPENCT_MAX_READERS);
 	}
diff --git a/src/libopensc/reader-pcsc.c b/src/libopensc/reader-pcsc.c
index 61649526..a78e800a 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/reader-pcsc.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/reader-pcsc.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int pcsc_init(sc_context_t *ctx, void **reader_data)
 	}
 	gpriv->pcsc_ctx = pcsc_ctx;
 	
-	conf_block = _get_conf_block(ctx, "reader_driver", "pcsc", 1);
+	conf_block = sc_get_conf_block(ctx, "reader_driver", "pcsc", 1);
 	if (conf_block) {
 		gpriv->connect_reset =
 		    scconf_get_bool(conf_block, "connect_reset", 1);