diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/uloc.c b/icu4c/source/common/uloc.c
index 4471eb73660..64465032ae3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/uloc.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/uloc.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int32_t getShortestSubtagLength(const char *localeID) {
 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_BUFFER_LEN 25
 #define ULOC_MAX_NO_KEYWORDS 25
 
-static const char * 
+U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
 locale_getKeywordsStart(const char *localeID) {
     const char *result = NULL;
     if((result = uprv_strchr(localeID, '@')) != NULL) {
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/ulocimp.h b/icu4c/source/common/ulocimp.h
index eb55b2451e2..ebc525ef9de 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/ulocimp.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/ulocimp.h
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ ulocimp_getCountry(const char *localeID,
                    char *country, int32_t countryCapacity,
                    const char **pEnd);
 
+U_CAPI const char * U_EXPORT2
+locale_getKeywordsStart(const char *localeID);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/urename.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/urename.h
index d33da59a9ab..468bdbd0f46 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/urename.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/urename.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 #define le_layoutChars U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(le_layoutChars)
 #define le_reset U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(le_reset)
 #define locale_getKeywords U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(locale_getKeywords)
+#define locale_getKeywordsStart U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(locale_getKeywordsStart)
 #define locale_get_default U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(locale_get_default)
 #define locale_set_default U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(locale_set_default)
 #define pl_addFontRun U_ICU_ENTRY_POINT_RENAME(pl_addFontRun)