diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/journal.c b/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
index ed4fd183f..e0e58ebeb 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/journal.c
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 
 #include <systemd/sd-journal.h>
 
+#include "log-patterns.h"
+
 #define NAME "journal"
 
 #define DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL SPA_LOG_LEVEL_INFO
 
-#include "log-patterns.c"
-
 struct impl {
 	struct spa_handle handle;
 	struct spa_log log;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.c b/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.c
index c9d323a34..eb71eeb47 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.c
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@
 #include <spa/utils/list.h>
 #include <spa/utils/json.h>
 
+#include "log-patterns.h"
+
 struct support_log_pattern {
 	struct spa_list link;
 	enum spa_log_level level;
 	char pattern[];
 };
 
-static void
+void
 support_log_topic_init(struct spa_list *patterns, enum spa_log_level default_level,
 		       struct spa_log_topic *t)
 {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ support_log_topic_init(struct spa_list *patterns, enum spa_log_level default_lev
 	t->level = level;
 }
 
-static int
+int
 support_log_parse_patterns(struct spa_list *patterns, const char *jsonstr)
 {
 	struct spa_json iter, array, elem;
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ support_log_parse_patterns(struct spa_list *patterns, const char *jsonstr)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 support_log_free_patterns(struct spa_list *patterns)
 {
 	struct support_log_pattern *p, *tmp;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.h b/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a10b44523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/log-patterns.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef LOG_PATTERNS_H
+#define LOG_PATTERNS_H
+
+#include <spa/support/log.h>
+
+struct spa_list;
+
+void support_log_topic_init(struct spa_list *patterns, enum spa_log_level default_level,
+			    struct spa_log_topic *t);
+int support_log_parse_patterns(struct spa_list *patterns, const char *jsonstr);
+void support_log_free_patterns(struct spa_list *patterns);
+
+#endif /* LOG_PATTERNS_H */
diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/logger.c b/spa/plugins/support/logger.c
index 83b754eea..4390ecc5a 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/logger.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/logger.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include <spa/utils/string.h>
 #include <spa/utils/ansi.h>
 
+#include "log-patterns.h"
+
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #define CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW CLOCK_MONOTONIC
 #endif
@@ -50,8 +52,6 @@
 
 #define TRACE_BUFFER (16*1024)
 
-#include "log-patterns.c"
-
 struct impl {
 	struct spa_handle handle;
 	struct spa_log log;
diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
index 9f24644fd..6fcbeff48 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ spa_dbus_lib = shared_library('spa-dbus',
 
 
 if systemd_dep.found()
-  spa_journal_sources = ['journal.c']
+  spa_journal_sources = [
+    'journal.c',
+    'log-patterns.c',
+  ]
 
   spa_journal_lib = shared_library('spa-journal',
     spa_journal_sources,