diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index a6cfa41a4e..efa9ea7dcf 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static const unsigned char *commit_graft_sha1_access(size_t index, void *table)
 	return commit_graft_table[index]->oid.hash;
 }
 
-static int commit_graft_pos(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1)
+int commit_graft_pos(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	return sha1_pos(sha1, r->parsed_objects->grafts,
 			r->parsed_objects->grafts_nr,
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index ab91d21131..0fe1e1b570 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ struct commit_graft {
 typedef int (*each_commit_graft_fn)(const struct commit_graft *, void *);
 
 struct commit_graft *read_graft_line(struct strbuf *line);
+/* commit_graft_pos returns an index into r->parsed_objects->grafts. */
+int commit_graft_pos(struct repository *r, const unsigned char *sha1);
 int register_commit_graft(struct repository *r, struct commit_graft *, int);
 void prepare_commit_graft(struct repository *r);
 struct commit_graft *lookup_commit_graft(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid);