diff --git a/router/gossip.go b/router/gossip.go
index bf954bf8..4e9e060d 100644
--- a/router/gossip.go
+++ b/router/gossip.go
@@ -244,3 +244,27 @@ func (c *GossipChannel) relayGossipBroadcast(srcName PeerName, msg []byte) error
 func (c *GossipChannel) log(args ...interface{}) {
 	log.Println(append(append([]interface{}{}, "[gossip "+c.name+"]:"), args...)...)
 }
+
+// for testing
+
+// FIXME this doesn't actually guarantee everything has been sent
+// since a GossipSender may be in the process of sending and there is
+// no easy way for us to know when that has completed.
+func (router *Router) sendPendingGossip() {
+	for _, channel := range router.GossipChannels {
+		for _, sender := range channel.senders {
+			sender.flush()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (sender *GossipSender) flush() {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case pending := <-sender.cell:
+			sender.send(pending)
+		default:
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/router/gossip_test.go b/router/gossip_test.go
index 66622193..6ce97ebb 100644
--- a/router/gossip_test.go
+++ b/router/gossip_test.go
@@ -32,28 +32,6 @@ func (conn *mockChannelConnection) SendProtocolMsg(protocolMsg ProtocolMsg) {
 	conn.dest.sendPendingGossip()
 }
 
-// FIXME this doesn't actually guarantee everything has been sent
-// since a GossipSender may be in the process of sending and there is
-// no easy way for us to know when that has completed.
-func (router *Router) sendPendingGossip() {
-	for _, channel := range router.GossipChannels {
-		for _, sender := range channel.senders {
-			sender.flush()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (sender *GossipSender) flush() {
-	for {
-		select {
-		case pending := <-sender.cell:
-			sender.send(pending)
-		default:
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func (router *Router) AddTestChannelConnection(r *Router) {
 	fromName := router.Ourself.Peer.Name
 	toName := r.Ourself.Peer.Name