--- samba/source/libsmb/libsmbclient.c
+++ samba/source/libsmb/libsmbclient.c
@@ -913,8 +913,10 @@ smbc_server(SMBCCTX *context,
 /*
  * Connect to a server for getting/setting attributes, possibly on an existing
  * connection.  This works similarly to smbc_server().
+ * AB: remove static qualifier because this function is still being used in libmsrpc.
+ *     The code in MS RPC library is autogenerated in 3.2+ so this is actually a dead-end here.
  */
-static SMBCSRV *
+SMBCSRV *
 smbc_attr_server(SMBCCTX *context,
                  const char *server,
                  const char *share,