diff --git a/src/emqx_mod_acl_internal.erl b/src/emqx_mod_acl_internal.erl
index 0d24ddb9f..7d5dd82c6 100644
--- a/src/emqx_mod_acl_internal.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_mod_acl_internal.erl
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 -logger_header("[ACL_INTERNAL]").
 
 %% APIs
--export([check_acl/5]).
+-export([ check_acl/5
+        , rules_from_file/1
+        ]).
 
 %% emqx_gen_mod callbacks
 -export([ load/1