diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c460caff67..8d29b1918b 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ libNetworkManager_la_SOURCES = \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-client.c \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-client.h \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-client-logging.h \
+	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper-api.h \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-utils.c \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-utils.h \
 	dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-listener.c \
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/Makefile.am b/src/dhcp-manager/Makefile.am
index b4590b4ba5..4295412738 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 libexec_PROGRAMS = nm-dhcp-helper
 
-nm_dhcp_helper_SOURCES = nm-dhcp-helper.c
+nm_dhcp_helper_SOURCES = \
+	nm-dhcp-helper.c \
+	nm-dhcp-helper-api.h \
+	$(NULL)
 
 nm_dhcp_helper_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) \
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper-api.h b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper-api.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6323dbf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper-api.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_DHCP_HELPER_API_H__
+#define __NM_DHCP_HELPER_API_H__
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_DHCP_CLIENT_DBUS_IFACE "org.freedesktop.nm_dhcp_client"
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+#endif /* __NM_DHCP_HELPER_API_H__ */
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper.c
index 383c98565c..e53fe27dcf 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-helper.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "nm-utils/nm-vpn-plugin-macros.h"
 
-#define NM_DHCP_CLIENT_DBUS_IFACE   "org.freedesktop.nm_dhcp_client"
+#include "nm-dhcp-helper-api.h"
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-listener.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-listener.c
index b09bc20380..7e9de49587 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-listener.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-listener.c
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "nm-dhcp-helper-api.h"
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
 #include "nm-bus-manager.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 
-#define NM_DHCP_CLIENT_DBUS_IFACE "org.freedesktop.nm_dhcp_client"
 #define PRIV_SOCK_PATH            NMRUNDIR "/private-dhcp"
 #define PRIV_SOCK_TAG             "dhcp"