diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index fc90c40..0976dcd 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ void        wallmsg(struct filed *f, struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
 void        reapchild();
 const char *cvtaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *f, int len);
 const char *cvthname(struct sockaddr_storage *f, int len);
-static void flog(int pri, char *fmt, ...);
 void        domark();
 void        debug_switch();
 void        logerror(const char *type);
@@ -2008,7 +2007,7 @@ const char *cvthname(struct sockaddr_storage *f, int len)
 /*
  * Base function for domark(), logerror(), etc.
  */
-static void flog(int pri, char *fmt, ...)
+void flog(int pri, char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct buf_msg buffer;
 	va_list ap;
diff --git a/src/syslogd.h b/src/syslogd.h
index 1aeaa6c..8f45e6c 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.h
+++ b/src/syslogd.h
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@
 #define NELEMS(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]))
 #endif
 
+/* Helper internal log macros */
+#define ERR(fmt,  args...)	flog(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_ERR, fmt ": %m", ##args)
+#define ERRX(fmt, args...)	flog(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_ERR, fmt, ##args)
+#define WARN(fmt, args...)	flog(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_WARN, fmt, ##args)
+#define NOTE(fmt, args...)	flog(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_NOTICE, fmt, ##args)
+#define INFO(fmt, args...)	flog(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_INFO, fmt, ##args)
+
 /*
  * Flags to logmsg().
  */
@@ -215,4 +222,6 @@ struct filed {
 	int	 f_rotatesz;
 };
 
+void flog(int pri, char *fmt, ...);
+
 #endif /* SYSKLOGD_SYSLOGD_H_ */