diff --git a/chardev/spice.c b/chardev/spice.c
index c68e60115b..2202d50eee 100644
--- a/chardev/spice.c
+++ b/chardev/spice.c
@@ -2,30 +2,12 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
+#include "chardev/spice.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
-#include <spice.h>
 #include <spice/protocol.h>
 
-
-typedef struct SpiceChardev {
-    Chardev               parent;
-
-    SpiceCharDeviceInstance sin;
-    bool                  active;
-    bool                  blocked;
-    const uint8_t         *datapos;
-    int                   datalen;
-    QLIST_ENTRY(SpiceChardev) next;
-} SpiceChardev;
-
-#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICE "chardev-spice"
-#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICEVMC "chardev-spicevmc"
-#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICEPORT "chardev-spiceport"
-
-#define SPICE_CHARDEV(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(SpiceChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICE)
-
 typedef struct SpiceCharSource {
     GSource               source;
     SpiceChardev       *scd;
@@ -315,10 +297,10 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_spice_vmc(Chardev *chr,
     chr_open(chr, type);
 }
 
-static void qemu_chr_open_spice_port(Chardev *chr,
-                                     ChardevBackend *backend,
-                                     bool *be_opened,
-                                     Error **errp)
+void qemu_chr_open_spice_port(Chardev *chr,
+                              ChardevBackend *backend,
+                              bool *be_opened,
+                              Error **errp)
 {
     ChardevSpicePort *spiceport = backend->u.spiceport.data;
     const char *name = spiceport->fqdn;
diff --git a/include/chardev/spice.h b/include/chardev/spice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6431da3205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/chardev/spice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef CHARDEV_SPICE_H_
+#define CHARDEV_SPICE_H_
+
+#include <spice.h>
+#include "chardev/char-fe.h"
+
+typedef struct SpiceChardev {
+    Chardev               parent;
+
+    SpiceCharDeviceInstance sin;
+    bool                  active;
+    bool                  blocked;
+    const uint8_t         *datapos;
+    int                   datalen;
+    QLIST_ENTRY(SpiceChardev) next;
+} SpiceChardev;
+
+#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICE "chardev-spice"
+#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICEVMC "chardev-spicevmc"
+#define TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICEPORT "chardev-spiceport"
+
+#define SPICE_CHARDEV(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(SpiceChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_SPICE)
+
+void qemu_chr_open_spice_port(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend,
+                              bool *be_opened, Error **errp);
+
+#endif