diff --git a/src/ippair.c b/src/ippair.c
index 1d7c899082..07d4e4efb9 100644
--- a/src/ippair.c
+++ b/src/ippair.c
@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@
 
 static IPPair *IPPairGetUsedIPPair(void);
 
+/** ippair hash table */
+IPPairHashRow *ippair_hash;
 /** queue with spare ippairs */
 static IPPairQueue ippair_spare_q;
+IPPairConfig ippair_config;
+SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint64_t,ippair_memuse);
+SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint32_t,ippair_counter);
+SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint32_t,ippair_prune_idx);
 
 /** size of the ippair object. Maybe updated in IPPairInitConfig to include
  *  the storage APIs additions. */
diff --git a/src/ippair.h b/src/ippair.h
index e5142856ed..d89de6752c 100644
--- a/src/ippair.h
+++ b/src/ippair.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef struct IPPairHashRow_ {
 } __attribute__((aligned(CLS))) IPPairHashRow;
 
 /** ippair hash table */
-IPPairHashRow *ippair_hash;
+extern IPPairHashRow *ippair_hash;
 
 #define IPPAIR_VERBOSE    0
 #define IPPAIR_QUIET      1
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ typedef struct IPPairConfig_ {
         }                                             \
     } while (0)
 
-IPPairConfig ippair_config;
-SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint64_t,ippair_memuse);
-SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint32_t,ippair_counter);
-SC_ATOMIC_DECLARE(uint32_t,ippair_prune_idx);
+extern IPPairConfig ippair_config;
+SC_ATOMIC_EXTERN(uint64_t,ippair_memuse);
+SC_ATOMIC_EXTERN(uint32_t,ippair_counter);
+SC_ATOMIC_EXTERN(uint32_t,ippair_prune_idx);
 
 void IPPairInitConfig(char quiet);
 void IPPairShutdown(void);