diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index a774303ad6..9d016fc3d4 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ using OpenMetaverse;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
 {
-    public class HypergridLinker 
+    public class HypergridLinker : IHypergridLinker
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log =
                 LogManager.GetLogger(
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
             return TryLinkRegionToCoords(scopeID, mapName, xloc, yloc, UUID.Zero, out reason);
         }
 
-        private GridRegion TryLinkRegionToCoords(UUID scopeID, string mapName, int xloc, int yloc, UUID ownerID, out string reason)
+        public GridRegion TryLinkRegionToCoords(UUID scopeID, string mapName, int xloc, int yloc, UUID ownerID, out string reason)
         {
             reason = string.Empty;
             GridRegion regInfo = null;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
index 0b318b3195..f5f1f75413 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/Interfaces/IGridService.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.Interfaces
         Dictionary<string,object> GetExtraFeatures();
     }
 
+    public interface IHypergridLinker
+    {
+        GridRegion TryLinkRegionToCoords(UUID scopeID, string mapName, int xloc, int yloc, UUID ownerID, out string reason);
+        bool TryUnlinkRegion(string mapName);
+    }
+
     public class GridRegion
     {
 //        private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);