diff --git a/data/data.go b/data/data.go
index e205fe43f4..5ece063f51 100644
--- a/data/data.go
+++ b/data/data.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ func encodeString(s string) string {
 var EncodeString = encodeString
 var DecodeString = decodeString
 
+var EncodeList = encodeList
+
 func encodeList(l []string) string {
 	values := make([]string, 0, len(l))
 	for _, s := range l {
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ func Decode(msg string) (map[string][]string, error) {
 	return obj, nil
 }
 
+var DecodeList = decodeList
+
 func decodeList(msg string) ([]string, int, error) {
 	blob, skip, err := decodeString(msg)
 	if err != nil {