diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-common.h b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-common.h
index 125e7608a..a642c5516 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-common.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-common.h
@@ -233,6 +233,18 @@ ggml_backend_reg_t ggml_backend_vk_reg();
 
 // debug
 int64_t ggml_vk_get_op_batch_size(const ggml_tensor * op);
+#ifdef GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS
+template <typename X_TYPE, typename Y_TYPE>
+void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, int split_k, int shader_size);
+void ggml_vk_test_dequant(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t ne, ggml_type quant);
+void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, size_t split_k, size_t shader_size, ggml_type quant, bool mmq = false);
+#endif
+#ifdef GGML_VULKAN_CHECK_RESULTS
+extern size_t vk_skip_checks;
+extern size_t vk_output_tensor;
+void ggml_vk_check_results_0(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx);
+void ggml_vk_check_results_1(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx);
+#endif
 
 // ggml-vulkan.cpp (residual)
 bool ggml_vk_lightning_indexer_k_type_supported(ggml_type type);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-debug.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-debug.cpp
index 15abd5468..8d8fe6592 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-debug.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan-debug.cpp
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ void vk_memory_logger::log_deallocation(vk_buffer_ref buf_ref) {
 }
 
 #ifdef GGML_VULKAN_CHECK_RESULTS
-static size_t vk_skip_checks;
-static size_t vk_output_tensor;
+size_t vk_skip_checks;
+size_t vk_output_tensor;
 
 static void ggml_vk_print_tensor(const ggml_tensor * tensor, const char * name);
-static void ggml_vk_check_results_0(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx);
-static void ggml_vk_check_results_1(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef GGML_VULKAN_RUN_TESTS
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_print_matrix_area(const void * data, ggml_type type, int ne0
 }
 
 template <typename X_TYPE, typename Y_TYPE>
-static void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, int split_k, int shader_size) {
+void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, int split_k, int shader_size) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_matmul(" << m << ", " << n << ", " << k << ", " << batch << ", " << num_it << ", " << split_k << ", " << shader_size << ")");
     const size_t x_ne = m * k * batch;
     const size_t y_ne = k * n * batch;
@@ -297,6 +295,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t
     free(d);
 }
 
+template void ggml_vk_test_matmul<ggml_fp16_t, float>(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, int split_k, int shader_size);
+
 static void ggml_vk_print_tensor_area(const ggml_tensor * tensor, int i0, int i1, int i2, int i3) {
     if (tensor->type != GGML_TYPE_F32 && tensor->type != GGML_TYPE_F16) {
         return;
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_dequantize_data(const void * from, float * to, size_t ne, gg
     dequant_fn(from, to, ne);
 }
 
-static void ggml_vk_test_dequant(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t ne, ggml_type quant) {
+void ggml_vk_test_dequant(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t ne, ggml_type quant) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_dequant(" << ne << ")");
     const size_t x_sz = sizeof(float) * ne;
     const size_t x_sz_f16 = sizeof(ggml_fp16_t) * ne;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_dequant(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t ne, ggml_
 //     free(qx_res);
 // }
 
-static void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, size_t split_k, size_t shader_size, ggml_type quant, bool mmq = false) {
+void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m, size_t n, size_t k, size_t batch, size_t num_it, size_t split_k, size_t shader_size, ggml_type quant, bool mmq) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(" << m << ", " << n << ", " << k << ", " << batch << ", " << num_it << ", " << split_k << ", " << ggml_type_name(quant) << ")");
     const size_t x_ne = m * k * batch;
     const size_t y_ne = k * n * batch;
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ void * comp_result;
 size_t comp_size;
 size_t comp_nb[GGML_MAX_DIMS];
 size_t check_counter = 0;
-static void ggml_vk_check_results_0(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx) {
+void ggml_vk_check_results_0(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx) {
     ggml_tensor * tensor = cgraph->nodes[tensor_idx + ctx->num_additional_fused_ops];
     if (tensor->op == GGML_OP_TRANSPOSE || tensor->op == GGML_OP_SET_ROWS) {
         return;
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_check_results_0(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph *
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("END ggml_vk_check_results_0(" << tensor->name << ")");
 }
 
-static void ggml_vk_check_results_1(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx) {
+void ggml_vk_check_results_1(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int tensor_idx) {
     ggml_tensor * tensor = cgraph->nodes[tensor_idx + ctx->num_additional_fused_ops];
     if (tensor->op == GGML_OP_TRANSPOSE || tensor->op == GGML_OP_SET_ROWS) {
         return;