diff --git a/common/flatpak-run-private.h b/common/flatpak-run-private.h
index 217f1a53..4fd762e6 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run-private.h
+++ b/common/flatpak-run-private.h
@@ -173,5 +173,6 @@ gboolean flatpak_run_app (const char     *app_ref,
                           GCancellable   *cancellable,
                           GError        **error);
 
+void flatpak_run_gc_ids (void);
 
 #endif /* __FLATPAK_RUN_H__ */
diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index eb685fdd..9e41c117 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ flatpak_app_compute_permissions (GKeyFile *app_metadata,
   return g_steal_pointer (&app_context);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 flatpak_run_gc_ids (void)
 {
   g_autofree char *base_dir = g_build_filename (g_get_user_runtime_dir (), ".flatpak", NULL);