diff --git a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/CMakeLists.txt b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bdf207..283b5d7 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ target_link_libraries(sandbox2_global_forkserver
           sandbox2::util
           sapi::base
           sapi::embed_file
-          sapi::flags
           sapi::raw_logging
   PUBLIC absl::core_headers
          absl::synchronization
          sandbox2::comms
          sandbox2::fork_client
          sandbox2::forkserver_proto
+         sapi::flags
 )
 
 # sandboxed_api/sandbox2:start_global_forkserver_lib_constructor
diff --git a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
index 0373a6b..61eeb0a 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
+++ b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <bitset>
 #include <csignal>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <string>
@@ -45,40 +44,6 @@
 #include "sandboxed_api/util/raw_logging.h"
 
 namespace sandbox2 {
-namespace {
-enum class GlobalForkserverStartMode {
-  kOnDemand,
-  // MUST be the last element
-  kNumGlobalForkserverStartModes,
-};
-
-class GlobalForkserverStartModeSet {
- public:
-  static constexpr size_t kSize = static_cast<size_t>(
-      GlobalForkserverStartMode::kNumGlobalForkserverStartModes);
-
-  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet() {}
-  explicit GlobalForkserverStartModeSet(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) {
-    value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)] = true;
-  }
-  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet& operator|=(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) {
-    value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)] = true;
-    return *this;
-  }
-  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet operator|(
-      GlobalForkserverStartMode value) const {
-    GlobalForkserverStartModeSet rv(*this);
-    rv |= value;
-    return rv;
-  }
-  bool contains(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) const {
-    return value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)];
-  }
-  bool empty() { return value_.none(); }
-
- private:
-  std::bitset<kSize> value_;
-};
 
 bool AbslParseFlag(absl::string_view text, GlobalForkserverStartModeSet* out,
                    std::string* error) {
@@ -98,6 +63,7 @@ bool AbslParseFlag(absl::string_view text, GlobalForkserverStartModeSet* out,
   return true;
 }
 
+namespace {
 std::string ToString(GlobalForkserverStartMode mode) {
   switch (mode) {
     case GlobalForkserverStartMode::kOnDemand:
@@ -106,6 +72,16 @@ std::string ToString(GlobalForkserverStartMode mode) {
       return "unknown";
   }
 }
+bool ValidateStartMode(const char*, const std::string& flag) {
+  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet unused;
+  std::string error;
+  if (!AbslParseFlag(flag, &unused, &error)) {
+    SAPI_RAW_LOG(ERROR, "%s", error);
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+}  // namespace
 
 std::string AbslUnparseFlag(GlobalForkserverStartModeSet in) {
   std::vector<std::string> str_modes;
@@ -120,16 +96,7 @@ std::string AbslUnparseFlag(GlobalForkserverStartModeSet in) {
   }
   return absl::StrJoin(str_modes, ",");
 }
-bool ValidateStartMode(const char*, const std::string& flag) {
-  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet unused;
-  std::string error;
-  if (!AbslParseFlag(flag, &unused, &error)) {
-    SAPI_RAW_LOG(ERROR, "%s", error);
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-}  // namespace
+
 }  // namespace sandbox2
 
 ABSL_FLAG(string, sandbox2_forkserver_start_mode, "ondemand",
diff --git a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.h b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.h
index 2aff3dd..5551155 100644
--- a/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.h
+++ b/sandboxed_api/sandbox2/global_forkclient.h
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include <bitset>
+#include <string>
+
 #include "absl/base/thread_annotations.h"
+#include "sandboxed_api/util/flag.h"
+#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
 #include "sandboxed_api/sandbox2/comms.h"
 #include "sandboxed_api/sandbox2/fork_client.h"
@@ -53,6 +58,46 @@ class GlobalForkClient {
   ForkClient fork_client_;
 };
 
+enum class GlobalForkserverStartMode {
+  kOnDemand,
+  // MUST be the last element
+  kNumGlobalForkserverStartModes,
+};
+
+class GlobalForkserverStartModeSet {
+ public:
+  static constexpr size_t kSize = static_cast<size_t>(
+      GlobalForkserverStartMode::kNumGlobalForkserverStartModes);
+
+  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet() {}
+  explicit GlobalForkserverStartModeSet(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) {
+    value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)] = true;
+  }
+  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet& operator|=(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) {
+    value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)] = true;
+    return *this;
+  }
+  GlobalForkserverStartModeSet operator|(
+      GlobalForkserverStartMode value) const {
+    GlobalForkserverStartModeSet rv(*this);
+    rv |= value;
+    return rv;
+  }
+  bool contains(GlobalForkserverStartMode value) const {
+    return value_[static_cast<size_t>(value)];
+  }
+  bool empty() { return value_.none(); }
+
+ private:
+  std::bitset<kSize> value_;
+};
+
+bool AbslParseFlag(absl::string_view text, GlobalForkserverStartModeSet* out,
+                   std::string* error);
+std::string AbslUnparseFlag(GlobalForkserverStartModeSet in);
+
 }  // namespace sandbox2
 
+ABSL_DECLARE_FLAG(string, sandbox2_forkserver_start_mode);
+
 #endif  // SANDBOXED_API_SANDBOX2_GLOBAL_FORKCLIENT_H_