diff --git a/src/libpostal.c b/src/libpostal.c
index 32d80331..f12d4898 100644
--- a/src/libpostal.c
+++ b/src/libpostal.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ char **libpostal_expand_address(char *input, libpostal_normalize_options_t optio
     return expand_address(input, options, n);
 }
 
+char **libpostal_expand_address_root(char *input, libpostal_normalize_options_t options, size_t *n) {
+    return expand_address_root(input, options, n);
+}
+
 void libpostal_expansion_array_destroy(char **expansions, size_t n) {
     expansion_array_destroy(expansions, n);
 }
diff --git a/src/libpostal.h b/src/libpostal.h
index e88d5625..f088db72 100644
--- a/src/libpostal.h
+++ b/src/libpostal.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ typedef struct libpostal_normalize_options {
 LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT libpostal_normalize_options_t libpostal_get_default_options(void);
 
 LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT char **libpostal_expand_address(char *input, libpostal_normalize_options_t options, size_t *n);
+LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT char **libpostal_expand_address_root(char *input, libpostal_normalize_options_t options, size_t *n);
 
 LIBPOSTAL_EXPORT void libpostal_expansion_array_destroy(char **expansions, size_t n);