diff --git a/common/cli_simple.c b/common/cli_simple.c
index 353ceeb7349ac144521a3838f5d66cbc2d479299..6c65cc686cb2d86af46574adbefdd9a41a617242 100644
--- a/common/cli_simple.c
+++ b/common/cli_simple.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int cli_simple_parse_line(char *line, char *argv[])
 	return nargs;
 }
 
-static void process_macros(const char *input, char *output)
+void cli_simple_process_macros(const char *input, char *output)
 {
 	char c, prev;
 	const char *varname_start = NULL;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int cli_simple_run_command(const char *cmd, int flag)
 		debug_parser("token: \"%s\"\n", token);
 
 		/* find macros in this token and replace them */
-		process_macros(token, finaltoken);
+		cli_simple_process_macros(token, finaltoken);
 
 		/* Extract arguments */
 		argc = cli_simple_parse_line(finaltoken, argv);
diff --git a/include/cli.h b/include/cli.h
index 699426252c82b11eb9e7955184612f12c12667e8..6da7a4afdb1199dee24be9aa343c5a4a94b14c44 100644
--- a/include/cli.h
+++ b/include/cli.h
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ void cli_simple_loop(void);
  */
 int cli_simple_run_command(const char *cmd, int flag);
 
+/**
+ * cli_simple_process_macros() - Expand $() and ${} format env. variables
+ *
+ * @param input		Input string possible containing $() / ${} vars
+ * @param output	Output string with $() / ${} vars expanded
+ */
+void cli_simple_process_macros(const char *input, char *output);
+
 /**
  * cli_simple_run_command_list() - Execute a list of command
  *