diff --git a/Zend/zend_exceptions.c b/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
index b9c59f2a209..8a3c059e3f6 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_exceptions.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ ZEND_METHOD(exception, getTraceAsString)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
-static int zend_spprintf(char **message, int max_len, char *format, ...)
+int zend_spprintf(char **message, int max_len, char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list arg;
 	int len;
diff --git a/Zend/zend_exceptions.h b/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
index b82d45b44bd..2179aa27005 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_exceptions.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ extern ZEND_API void (*zend_throw_exception_hook)(zval *ex TSRMLS_DC);
 /* show an exception using zend_error(E_ERROR,...) */
 ZEND_API void zend_exception_error(zval *exception TSRMLS_DC);
 
+/* do not export, in php it's available thru spprintf directly */
+int zend_spprintf(char **message, int max_len, char *format, ...);
+
 END_EXTERN_C()
 
 #endif