diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index fe27dad4d6..299b478e85 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ void DummyWalletInit::AddWalletOptions() const
 const WalletInitInterface& g_wallet_init_interface = DummyWalletInit();
 #endif
 
-#if ENABLE_ZMQ
-static CZMQNotificationInterface* pzmqNotificationInterface = nullptr;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef WIN32
 // Win32 LevelDB doesn't use filedescriptors, and the ones used for
 // accessing block files don't count towards the fd_set size limit
@@ -279,10 +275,10 @@ void Shutdown()
     g_wallet_init_interface.Stop();
 
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ
-    if (pzmqNotificationInterface) {
-        UnregisterValidationInterface(pzmqNotificationInterface);
-        delete pzmqNotificationInterface;
-        pzmqNotificationInterface = nullptr;
+    if (g_zmq_notification_interface) {
+        UnregisterValidationInterface(g_zmq_notification_interface);
+        delete g_zmq_notification_interface;
+        g_zmq_notification_interface = nullptr;
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -1409,10 +1405,10 @@ bool AppInitMain()
     }
 
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ
-    pzmqNotificationInterface = CZMQNotificationInterface::Create();
+    g_zmq_notification_interface = CZMQNotificationInterface::Create();
 
-    if (pzmqNotificationInterface) {
-        RegisterValidationInterface(pzmqNotificationInterface);
+    if (g_zmq_notification_interface) {
+        RegisterValidationInterface(g_zmq_notification_interface);
     }
 #endif
     uint64_t nMaxOutboundLimit = 0; //unlimited unless -maxuploadtarget is set
diff --git a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
index 68b425fa08..89ae62f4cb 100644
--- a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.cpp
@@ -180,3 +180,5 @@ void CZMQNotificationInterface::BlockDisconnected(const std::shared_ptr<const CB
         TransactionAddedToMempool(ptx);
     }
 }
+
+CZMQNotificationInterface* g_zmq_notification_interface = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h
index dee926ea5e..3fcc96ce24 100644
--- a/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h
+++ b/src/zmq/zmqnotificationinterface.h
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ private:
     std::list<CZMQAbstractNotifier*> notifiers;
 };
 
+extern CZMQNotificationInterface* g_zmq_notification_interface;
+
 #endif // BITCOIN_ZMQ_ZMQNOTIFICATIONINTERFACE_H