diff --git a/include/igloo/sock.h b/include/igloo/sock.h
index 1e7ad81..c93a16e 100644
--- a/include/igloo/sock.h
+++ b/include/igloo/sock.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ igloo_sock_t igloo_sock_get_server_socket(int port, const char *sinterface);
 int igloo_sock_listen(igloo_sock_t serversock, int backlog);
 igloo_sock_t igloo_sock_accept(igloo_sock_t serversock, char *ip, size_t len);
 
+int igloo_sock_recoverable(int error);
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 int inet_aton(const char *s, struct in_addr *a);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/sock.c b/net/sock.c
index fe47fa4..164f283 100644
--- a/net/sock.c
+++ b/net/sock.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void igloo_sock_set_error(int val)
 ** determines if the socket error is recoverable
 ** in terms of non blocking sockets
 */
-static int igloo_sock_recoverable(int error)
+int igloo_sock_recoverable(int error)
 {
     switch (error)
     {