diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c b/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
index f3e283563d97..ffd36a409f39 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,20 @@ cleanup:
 	return (error);
 }
 
+#ifdef DDB
+void
+dumper_ddb_insert(struct dumperinfo *newdi)
+{
+	TAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&dumper_configs, newdi, di_next);
+}
+
+void
+dumper_ddb_remove(struct dumperinfo *di)
+{
+	TAILQ_REMOVE(&dumper_configs, di, di_next);
+}
+#endif
+
 static bool
 dumper_config_match(const struct dumperinfo *di, const char *devname,
     const struct diocskerneldump_arg *kda)
diff --git a/sys/sys/conf.h b/sys/sys/conf.h
index 223aa6e9ab7b..877b460b2d24 100644
--- a/sys/sys/conf.h
+++ b/sys/sys/conf.h
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ int dumper_insert(const struct dumperinfo *di_template, const char *devname,
     const struct diocskerneldump_arg *kda);
 int dumper_remove(const char *devname, const struct diocskerneldump_arg *kda);
 
+/* For ddb(4)-time use only. */
+void dumper_ddb_insert(struct dumperinfo *);
+void dumper_ddb_remove(struct dumperinfo *);
+
 int dump_start(struct dumperinfo *di, struct kerneldumpheader *kdh);
 int dump_append(struct dumperinfo *, void *, vm_offset_t, size_t);
 int dump_write(struct dumperinfo *, void *, vm_offset_t, off_t, size_t);