diff --git a/include/shell/shell.h b/include/shell/shell.h
index 99b54eeddd9..c282adaef90 100644
--- a/include/shell/shell.h
+++ b/include/shell/shell.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define SHELL_CMD_ROOT_LVL		(0u)
 
+#define SHELL_HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE	16
+
 /**
  * @brief Flag indicates that optional arguments will be treated as one,
  *	  unformatted argument.
@@ -783,6 +785,24 @@ void shell_fprintf(const struct shell *shell, enum shell_vt100_color color,
 void shell_vfprintf(const struct shell *shell, enum shell_vt100_color color,
 		   const char *fmt, va_list args);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Print a line of data in hexadecimal format.
+ *
+ * Each line shows the offset, bytes and then ASCII representation.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ * 00008010: 20 25 00 20 2f 48 00 08  80 05 00 20 af 46 00
+ *	| %. /H.. ... .F. |
+ *
+ * @param[in] shell	Pointer to the shell instance.
+ * @param[in] offset	Offset to show for this line.
+ * @param[in] data	Pointer to data.
+ * @param[in] len	Length of data.
+ */
+void shell_hexdump_line(const struct shell *shell, unsigned int offset,
+			const uint8_t *data, size_t len);
+
 /**
  * @brief Print data in hexadecimal format.
  *
diff --git a/subsys/shell/shell.c b/subsys/shell/shell.c
index d29f2dc1b9d..cfd0400a446 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/shell.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/shell.c
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include "shell_vt100.h"
 #include "shell_wildcard.h"
 
-#define HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE 16
-
 /* 2 == 1 char for cmd + 1 char for '\0' */
 #if (CONFIG_SHELL_CMD_BUFF_SIZE < 2)
 	#error too small CONFIG_SHELL_CMD_BUFF_SIZE
@@ -1389,14 +1387,14 @@ void shell_fprintf(const struct shell *shell, enum shell_vt100_color color,
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
-static void shell_hexdump_line(const struct shell *shell, unsigned int offset,
-			       const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
+void shell_hexdump_line(const struct shell *shell, unsigned int offset,
+			const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	shell_fprintf(shell, SHELL_NORMAL, "%08X: ", offset);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < SHELL_HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE; i++) {
 		if (i > 0 && !(i % 8)) {
 			shell_fprintf(shell, SHELL_NORMAL, " ");
 		}
@@ -1411,7 +1409,7 @@ static void shell_hexdump_line(const struct shell *shell, unsigned int offset,
 
 	shell_fprintf(shell, SHELL_NORMAL, "|");
 
-	for (i = 0; i < HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < SHELL_HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE; i++) {
 		if (i > 0 && !(i % 8)) {
 			shell_fprintf(shell, SHELL_NORMAL, " ");
 		}
@@ -1435,7 +1433,7 @@ void shell_hexdump(const struct shell *shell, const uint8_t *data, size_t len)
 	size_t line_len;
 
 	while (len) {
-		line_len = MIN(len, HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE);
+		line_len = MIN(len, SHELL_HEXDUMP_BYTES_IN_LINE);
 
 		shell_hexdump_line(shell, p - data, p, line_len);