diff --git a/src/memkind_hbw.c b/src/memkind_hbw.c
index e5bf5ea..82908d7 100644
--- a/src/memkind_hbw.c
+++ b/src/memkind_hbw.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #include "memkind_hugetlb.h"
 #include "memkind_arena.h"
 
+
+const char *MEMKIND_BANDWIDTH_PATH = "/var/run/memkind/node-bandwidth";
+
 const struct memkind_ops MEMKIND_HBW_OPS = {
     .create = memkind_arena_create,
     .destroy = memkind_arena_destroy,
diff --git a/src/memkind_hbw.h b/src/memkind_hbw.h
index 1ba8590..8de7f58 100644
--- a/src/memkind_hbw.h
+++ b/src/memkind_hbw.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "memkind.h"
 
-static const char * const MEMKIND_BANDWIDTH_PATH = "/var/run/memkind/node-bandwidth";
+extern const char *MEMKIND_BANDWIDTH_PATH;
 
 int memkind_hbw_check_available(struct memkind *kind);
 int memkind_hbw_hugetlb_check_available(struct memkind *kind);