diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 8a905bb..a402a60 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include "search.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+regex_t pattern;
+
 static char retbuf[MAX_SEARCH_BUFSIZE];
 
 char *ss_search(const char *filename, FILE *fp, char *pat)
diff --git a/src/search.h b/src/search.h
index 6cf6099..30335e2 100644
--- a/src/search.h
+++ b/src/search.h
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
 
 #define TMPBUF_LEN 2048
 
-regex_t pattern;
-
 char *ss_search(const char *filename, FILE *fd, char *pat);