diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 1a2726b43..e0a324f1e 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -268,7 +268,11 @@ ssl/ssl_client1$(EXEXT): ssl/ssl_client1.c $(DEP)
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) ssl/ssl_client1.c  $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 SSL_TEST_OBJECTS = test/query_config.o ssl/ssl_test_lib.o
-SSL_TEST_DEPS = $(SSL_TEST_OBJECTS) ssl/ssl_test_lib.h ssl/ssl_test_common_source.c $(DEP)
+SSL_TEST_DEPS = $(SSL_TEST_OBJECTS) \
+		test/query_config.h \
+		ssl/ssl_test_lib.h \
+		ssl/ssl_test_common_source.c \
+		$(DEP)
 
 ssl/ssl_test_lib.o: ssl/ssl_test_lib.c ssl/ssl_test_lib.h $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    ssl/ssl_test_lib.c"
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ ssl/ssl_server2$(EXEXT): ssl/ssl_server2.c $(SSL_TEST_DEPS)
 	echo "  CC    ssl/ssl_server2.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) ssl/ssl_server2.c $(SSL_TEST_OBJECTS) $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-ssl/ssl_context_info$(EXEXT): ssl/ssl_context_info.c test/query_config.o $(DEP)
+ssl/ssl_context_info$(EXEXT): ssl/ssl_context_info.c test/query_config.o test/query_config.h $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    ssl/ssl_context_info.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) ssl/ssl_context_info.c test/query_config.o $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ test/cpp_dummy_build$(EXEXT): test/cpp_dummy_build.cpp $(DEP)
 	echo "  CXX   test/cpp_dummy_build.cpp"
 	$(CXX) $(LOCAL_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) test/cpp_dummy_build.cpp   $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-test/query_config.o: test/query_config.c $(DEP)
+test/query_config.o: test/query_config.c test/query_config.h $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/query_config.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c test/query_config.c -o $@
 
@@ -330,7 +334,7 @@ test/zeroize$(EXEXT): test/zeroize.c $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/zeroize.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/zeroize.c    $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-test/query_compile_time_config$(EXEXT): test/query_compile_time_config.c test/query_config.o $(DEP)
+test/query_compile_time_config$(EXEXT): test/query_compile_time_config.c test/query_config.o test/query_config.h $(DEP)
 	echo "  CC    test/query_compile_time_config.c"
 	$(CC) $(LOCAL_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) test/query_compile_time_config.c test/query_config.o $(LOCAL_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
diff --git a/programs/ssl/ssl_test_lib.h b/programs/ssl/ssl_test_lib.h
index 666e694c9..031c872bd 100644
--- a/programs/ssl/ssl_test_lib.h
+++ b/programs/ssl/ssl_test_lib.h
@@ -83,20 +83,7 @@
 
 #include <test/helpers.h>
 
-/** Check whether a given configuration symbol is enabled.
- *
- * \param config    The symbol to query (e.g. "MBEDTLS_RSA_C").
- * \return          \c 0 if the symbol was defined at compile time
- *                  (in MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE or config.h),
- *                  \c 1 otherwise.
- *
- * \note            This function is defined in `programs/test/query_config.c`
- *                  which is automatically generated by
- *                  `scripts/generate_query_config.pl`.
- */
-int query_config( const char *config );
-
-
+#include "../test/query_config.h"
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_EXPORT_KEYS)
 
diff --git a/programs/test/query_compile_time_config.c b/programs/test/query_compile_time_config.c
index abe8f7607..0e356c822 100644
--- a/programs/test/query_compile_time_config.c
+++ b/programs/test/query_compile_time_config.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "Mbed TLS build and the macro expansion of that configuration will be\n" \
     "printed (if any). Otherwise, 1 will be returned.\n"
 
-int query_config( const char *config );
+#include "query_config.h"
 
 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
 {
diff --git a/programs/test/query_config.c b/programs/test/query_config.c
index 1345b11fe..d15c7e9bb 100644
--- a/programs/test/query_config.c
+++ b/programs/test/query_config.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
 #endif
 
+#include "query_config.h"
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
 #include "mbedtls/platform.h"
 #else
diff --git a/programs/test/query_config.h b/programs/test/query_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23009c46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programs/test/query_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ *  Query Mbed TLS compile time configurations from config.h
+ *
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MBEDTLS_PROGRAMS_TEST_QUERY_CONFIG_H
+#define MBEDTLS_PROGRAMS_TEST_QUERY_CONFIG_H
+
+#if !defined(MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE)
+#include "mbedtls/config.h"
+#else
+#include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
+#endif
+
+/** Check whether a given configuration symbol is enabled.
+ *
+ * \param config    The symbol to query (e.g. "MBEDTLS_RSA_C").
+ * \return          \c 0 if the symbol was defined at compile time
+ *                  (in MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE or config.h),
+ *                  \c 1 otherwise.
+ *
+ * \note            This function is defined in `programs/test/query_config.c`
+ *                  which is automatically generated by
+ *                  `scripts/generate_query_config.pl`.
+ */
+int query_config( const char *config );
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_PROGRAMS_TEST_QUERY_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/query_config.fmt b/scripts/data_files/query_config.fmt
index be1faef65..be541cb48 100644
--- a/scripts/data_files/query_config.fmt
+++ b/scripts/data_files/query_config.fmt
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include MBEDTLS_CONFIG_FILE
 #endif
 
+#include "query_config.h"
+
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PLATFORM_C)
 #include "mbedtls/platform.h"
 #else