diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c b/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
index d217e79..5c0c398 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
@@ -40,37 +40,22 @@ static uint32_t overlay_get_target_phandle(const void *fdto, int fragment)
 	return fdt32_to_cpu(*val);
 }
 
-/**
- * overlay_get_target - retrieves the offset of a fragment's target
- * @fdt: Base device tree blob
- * @fdto: Device tree overlay blob
- * @fragment: node offset of the fragment in the overlay
- * @pathp: pointer which receives the path of the target (or NULL)
- *
- * overlay_get_target() retrieves the target offset in the base
- * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targeting is
- * done (through a phandle or a path)
- *
- * returns:
- *      the targeted node offset in the base device tree
- *      Negative error code on error
- */
-static int overlay_get_target(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
-			      int fragment, char const **pathp)
+int fdt_overlay_target_offset(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
+			      int fragment_offset, char const **pathp)
 {
 	uint32_t phandle;
 	const char *path = NULL;
 	int path_len = 0, ret;
 
 	/* Try first to do a phandle based lookup */
-	phandle = overlay_get_target_phandle(fdto, fragment);
+	phandle = overlay_get_target_phandle(fdto, fragment_offset);
 	if (phandle == (uint32_t)-1)
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADPHANDLE;
 
 	/* no phandle, try path */
 	if (!phandle) {
 		/* And then a path based lookup */
-		path = fdt_getprop(fdto, fragment, "target-path", &path_len);
+		path = fdt_getprop(fdto, fragment_offset, "target-path", &path_len);
 		if (path)
 			ret = fdt_path_offset(fdt, path);
 		else
@@ -636,7 +621,7 @@ static int overlay_merge(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 		if (overlay < 0)
 			return overlay;
 
-		target = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, NULL);
+		target = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, NULL);
 		if (target < 0)
 			return target;
 
@@ -779,7 +764,7 @@ static int overlay_symbol_update(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 			return -FDT_ERR_BADOVERLAY;
 
 		/* get the target of the fragment */
-		ret = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
+		ret = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 		target = ret;
@@ -801,7 +786,7 @@ static int overlay_symbol_update(void *fdt, void *fdto)
 
 		if (!target_path) {
 			/* again in case setprop_placeholder changed it */
-			ret = overlay_get_target(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
+			ret = fdt_overlay_target_offset(fdt, fdto, fragment, &target_path);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			target = ret;
diff --git a/libfdt/libfdt.h b/libfdt/libfdt.h
index 7f117e8..a7f432c 100644
--- a/libfdt/libfdt.h
+++ b/libfdt/libfdt.h
@@ -2116,6 +2116,24 @@ int fdt_del_node(void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
  */
 int fdt_overlay_apply(void *fdt, void *fdto);
 
+/**
+ * fdt_overlay_target_offset - retrieves the offset of a fragment's target
+ * @fdt: Base device tree blob
+ * @fdto: Device tree overlay blob
+ * @fragment_offset: node offset of the fragment in the overlay
+ * @pathp: pointer which receives the path of the target (or NULL)
+ *
+ * fdt_overlay_target_offset() retrieves the target offset in the base
+ * device tree of a fragment, no matter how the actual targeting is
+ * done (through a phandle or a path)
+ *
+ * returns:
+ *      the targeted node offset in the base device tree
+ *      Negative error code on error
+ */
+int fdt_overlay_target_offset(const void *fdt, const void *fdto,
+			      int fragment_offset, char const **pathp);
+
 /**********************************************************************/
 /* Debugging / informational functions                                */
 /**********************************************************************/
diff --git a/libfdt/version.lds b/libfdt/version.lds
index 7ab85f1..cbce5d4 100644
--- a/libfdt/version.lds
+++ b/libfdt/version.lds
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ LIBFDT_1.2 {
 		fdt_appendprop_addrrange;
 		fdt_setprop_inplace_namelen_partial;
 		fdt_create_with_flags;
+		fdt_overlay_target_offset;
 	local:
 		*;
 };