diff --git a/export/export.go b/export/export.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f07ac2722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/export/export.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package export
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/state"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/internal/store"
+)
+
+var NewBlockStore = store.NewBlockStore
+var NewStore = state.NewStore
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index d3075434e..14680c2b2 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func makeNode(
 		return nil, combineCloseError(fmt.Errorf("error in genesis doc: %w", err), makeCloser(closers))
 	}
 
-	state, err := loadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateStore, genDoc)
+	state, err := LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateStore, genDoc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, combineCloseError(err, makeCloser(closers))
 	}
@@ -778,10 +778,10 @@ func DefaultMetricsProvider(cfg *config.InstrumentationConfig) metricsProvider {
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// loadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider attempts to load the state from the
+// LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider attempts to load the state from the
 // database, or creates one using the given genesisDocProvider. On success this also
 // returns the genesis doc loaded through the given provider.
-func loadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateStore sm.Store, genDoc *types.GenesisDoc) (sm.State, error) {
+func LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(stateStore sm.Store, genDoc *types.GenesisDoc) (sm.State, error) {
 
 	// 1. Attempt to load state form the database
 	state, err := stateStore.Load()
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index 314abf758..38dc95380 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ func loadStatefromGenesis(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T) sm.State {
 	valSet, _ := factory.ValidatorSet(ctx, t, 0, 10)
 	genDoc := factory.GenesisDoc(cfg, time.Now(), valSet.Validators, factory.ConsensusParams())
 
-	state, err := loadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(
+	state, err := LoadStateFromDBOrGenesisDocProvider(
 		stateStore,
 		genDoc,
 	)