diff --git a/src/symbols.c b/src/symbols.c
index 591159dc6b..7fe9419ce3 100644
--- a/src/symbols.c
+++ b/src/symbols.c
@@ -259,6 +259,23 @@ const gchar *symbols_get_context_separator(gint ft_id)
 }
 
 
+/** Gets the icon data corresponding to the provided TMIcon.
+ * @param icon TMIcon.
+ *
+ * Returns the GdkPixbuf corresponding to the provided TMIcon.
+ *
+ * @since 2.1
+ */
+GEANY_API_SYMBOL
+GdkPixbuf *symbols_get_icon_pixbuf(TMIcon icon)
+{
+	if (icon < TM_N_ICONS)
+		return symbols_icons[icon].pixbuf;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+
 /* sort by name, then line */
 static gint compare_symbol(const TMTag *tag_a, const TMTag *tag_b)
 {
@@ -437,7 +454,7 @@ static void tag_list_add_groups(GtkTreeStore *tree_store, TMParserType lang)
 		GdkPixbuf *icon = NULL;
 
 		if (icon_id < TM_N_ICONS)
-			icon = symbols_icons[icon_id].pixbuf;
+			icon = symbols_get_icon_pixbuf(icon_id);
 
 		g_assert(title != NULL);
 		g_ptr_array_add(top_level_iter_names, (gchar *)title);
@@ -1476,7 +1493,7 @@ static void show_goto_popup(GeanyDocument *doc, GPtrArray *tags, gboolean have_b
 
 		tooltip = g_markup_printf_escaped("%s:%lu\n<small><tt>%s</tt></small>", fname, tmtag->line, sym);
 
-		image = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf(symbols_icons[get_tag_class(tmtag)].pixbuf);
+		image = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf(symbols_get_icon_pixbuf(get_tag_class(tmtag)));
 		box = g_object_new(GTK_TYPE_BOX, "orientation", GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, "spacing", 12, NULL);
 		label = g_object_new(GTK_TYPE_LABEL, "label", text, "use-markup", TRUE, "xalign", 0.0, NULL);
 		gtk_size_group_add_widget(group, label);
diff --git a/src/symbols.h b/src/symbols.h
index d455d5c142..b706cfa9ea 100644
--- a/src/symbols.h
+++ b/src/symbols.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 const gchar *symbols_get_context_separator(gint ft_id);
 
+GdkPixbuf *symbols_get_icon_pixbuf(TMIcon icon);
 
 #ifdef GEANY_PRIVATE
 
diff --git a/src/tagmanager/tm_parser.h b/src/tagmanager/tm_parser.h
index edee9b1ea2..750492fb14 100644
--- a/src/tagmanager/tm_parser.h
+++ b/src/tagmanager/tm_parser.h
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ typedef enum
 typedef gint TMParserType;
 
 
+/* keep in sync with icon names in symbols.c */
+/**
+ * Identifiers of icons used by Geany in the symbol tree, in the autocompletion popup,
+ * and in the goto popup.
+ */
+typedef enum
+{
+	TM_ICON_CLASS,
+	TM_ICON_MACRO,
+	TM_ICON_MEMBER,
+	TM_ICON_METHOD,
+	TM_ICON_NAMESPACE,
+	TM_ICON_OTHER,
+	TM_ICON_STRUCT,
+	TM_ICON_VAR,
+	TM_ICON_NONE,
+	TM_N_ICONS = TM_ICON_NONE
+} TMIcon;
+
+
 #ifdef GEANY_PRIVATE
 
 /* keep in sync with tm_parsers.h and parser_map in tm_parser.c */
@@ -125,20 +145,6 @@ enum
 	TM_PARSER_COUNT
 };
 
-/* keep in sync with icon names in symbols.c */
-enum
-{
-	TM_ICON_CLASS,
-	TM_ICON_MACRO,
-	TM_ICON_MEMBER,
-	TM_ICON_METHOD,
-	TM_ICON_NAMESPACE,
-	TM_ICON_OTHER,
-	TM_ICON_STRUCT,
-	TM_ICON_VAR,
-	TM_ICON_NONE,
-	TM_N_ICONS = TM_ICON_NONE
-};
 
 void tm_parser_verify_type_mappings(void);