diff --git a/daemon/helpers.c b/daemon/helpers.c
index 3656604bf..73c2bab7f 100644
--- a/daemon/helpers.c
+++ b/daemon/helpers.c
@@ -263,36 +263,6 @@ static void *thread_detach_func(void *d) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int thread_create(void *(*func)(void *), void *arg, int joinable, pthread_t *handle, const char *name) {
-	pthread_attr_t att;
-	pthread_t thr;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (pthread_attr_init(&att))
-		abort();
-	if (pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&att, joinable ? PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE : PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED))
-		abort();
-	if (rtpe_config.common.thread_stack > 0) {
-		if (pthread_attr_setstacksize(&att, rtpe_config.common.thread_stack * 1024)) {
-			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to set thread stack size to %llu",
-					(unsigned long long) rtpe_config.common.thread_stack * 1024);
-			abort();
-		}
-	}
-	ret = pthread_create(&thr, &att, func, arg);
-	pthread_attr_destroy(&att);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	if (handle)
-		*handle = thr;
-#ifdef __GLIBC__
-	if (name)
-		pthread_setname_np(thr, name);
-#endif
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void thread_create_detach_prio(void (*f)(void *), void *d, const char *scheduler, int priority,
 		const char *name)
 {
@@ -304,7 +274,7 @@ void thread_create_detach_prio(void (*f)(void *), void *d, const char *scheduler
 	dt->scheduler = scheduler;
 	dt->priority = priority;
 
-	if (thread_create(thread_detach_func, dt, 1, NULL, name))
+	if (thread_create(thread_detach_func, dt, true, NULL, name))
 		abort();
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.c b/lib/auxlib.c
index ac63c455c..e267dfd9c 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.c
+++ b/lib/auxlib.c
@@ -70,6 +70,37 @@ void service_notify(const char *message) {
 }
 
 
+int thread_create(void *(*func)(void *), void *arg, bool joinable, pthread_t *handle, const char *name) {
+	pthread_attr_t att;
+	pthread_t thr;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (pthread_attr_init(&att))
+		abort();
+	if (pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&att, joinable ? PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE : PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED))
+		abort();
+	if (rtpe_common_config_ptr->thread_stack > 0) {
+		if (pthread_attr_setstacksize(&att, rtpe_common_config_ptr->thread_stack * 1024)) {
+			ilog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to set thread stack size to %llu",
+					(unsigned long long) rtpe_common_config_ptr->thread_stack * 1024);
+			abort();
+		}
+	}
+	ret = pthread_create(&thr, &att, func, arg);
+	pthread_attr_destroy(&att);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	if (handle)
+		*handle = thr;
+#ifdef __GLIBC__
+	if (name)
+		pthread_setname_np(thr, name);
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 void resources(void) {
 	struct rlimit rl;
 	int tryv;
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index 851929376..b668eaea9 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *entries, const char *des
 		struct rtpengine_common_config *);
 
 char *get_thread_buf(void);
+int thread_create(void *(*func)(void *), void *arg, bool joinable, pthread_t *handle, const char *name);
 
 unsigned int in6_addr_hash(const void *p);
 int in6_addr_eq(const void *a, const void *b);