diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
index 2dc2771..a1e8e72 100644
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct {
 };
 
 enum { stop = 0, run, reconfig, logrotate, test } state = run;
-f2b_jail_t *jails = NULL;
 
 void signal_handler(int signum) {
   switch (signum) {
diff --git a/src/jail.c b/src/jail.c
index 60675b1..5ecbbda 100644
--- a/src/jail.c
+++ b/src/jail.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define DEFAULT_EXPIRETIME 14400 /* in seconds, 4 hours */
 #define DEFAULT_MAXRETRY    5
 
+f2b_jail_t *jails = NULL;
+
 static f2b_jail_t defaults = {
   .enabled  = DEFAULT_STATE,
   .bantime  = DEFAULT_BANTIME,
diff --git a/src/jail.h b/src/jail.h
index 1820bcc..41af067 100644
--- a/src/jail.h
+++ b/src/jail.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ typedef struct f2b_jail_t {
   f2b_ipaddr_t  *ipaddrs;
 } f2b_jail_t;
 
+extern f2b_jail_t *jails;
+
 void f2b_jail_parse_compound_value(const char *value, char *name, char *init);
 
 f2b_jail_t *f2b_jail_create (f2b_config_section_t *section);