diff --git a/include/nm-utils-internal.h b/include/nm-utils-internal.h
index 059d2b7d75..2d87c7d6cb 100644
--- a/include/nm-utils-internal.h
+++ b/include/nm-utils-internal.h
@@ -181,4 +181,14 @@ nm_clear_g_source (guint *id)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+/* check if @flags has exactly one flag (@check) set. You should call this
+ * only with @check being a compile time constant and a power of two. */
+#define NM_FLAGS_HAS(flags, check)  \
+    ( (G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR ( ((check) != 0) && ((check) & ((check)-1)) == 0 )), (NM_FLAGS_ANY ((flags), (check))) )
+
+#define NM_FLAGS_ANY(flags, check)  ( ( ((flags) & (check)) != 0       ) ? TRUE : FALSE )
+#define NM_FLAGS_ALL(flags, check)  ( ( ((flags) & (check)) == (check) ) ? TRUE : FALSE )
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index 03836abd5d..10f1f12f63 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -53,15 +53,6 @@ int nm_spawn_process (const char *args, GError **error);
 
 int nm_utils_modprobe (GError **error, const char *arg1, ...) G_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED;
 
-/* check if @flags has exactly one flag (@check) set. You should call this
- * only with @check being a compile time constant and a power of two. */
-#define NM_FLAGS_HAS(flags, check)  \
-    ( (G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR ( ((check) != 0) && ((check) & ((check)-1)) == 0 )), (NM_FLAGS_ANY ((flags), (check))) )
-
-#define NM_FLAGS_ANY(flags, check)  ( ( ((flags) & (check)) != 0       ) ? TRUE : FALSE )
-#define NM_FLAGS_ALL(flags, check)  ( ( ((flags) & (check)) == (check) ) ? TRUE : FALSE )
-
-
 /**
  * str_if_set:
  * @str: input string that will be returned if @str is not %NULL