diff --git a/apps/emqx_lwm2m/src/emqx_lwm2m_tlv.erl b/apps/emqx_lwm2m/src/emqx_lwm2m_tlv.erl
index 3cc333849..9288f89fb 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_lwm2m/src/emqx_lwm2m_tlv.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_lwm2m/src/emqx_lwm2m_tlv.erl
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
         , encode/1
         ]).
 
+
+-ifdef(TEST).
+-export([binary_to_hex_string/1]).
+-endif.
+
 -include("emqx_lwm2m.hrl").
 
 -define(LOG(Level, Format, Args), logger:Level("LWM2M-TLV: " ++ Format, Args)).