diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 224ca265cc..3f78ec7514 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Checks:          'clang-diagnostic-*,clang-analyzer-*,-*,
 		readability-redundant-string-cstr,
 		readability-redundant-string-init,
 		## TODO: fix code and enable # readability-simplify-boolean-expr,
-		#readability-static-definition-in-anonymous-namespace,
+		readability-static-definition-in-anonymous-namespace,
 		readability-uniqueptr-delete-release,
 		'
 WarningsAsErrors: '*'
diff --git a/src/drivers/pwm_out_sim/pwm_out_sim.cpp b/src/drivers/pwm_out_sim/pwm_out_sim.cpp
index f8f2aee1b4..507fa165c2 100644
--- a/src/drivers/pwm_out_sim/pwm_out_sim.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/pwm_out_sim/pwm_out_sim.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ enum PortMode {
 	PORT2_16PWM,
 };
 
-static PortMode g_port_mode = PORT_MODE_UNDEFINED;
+PortMode g_port_mode = PORT_MODE_UNDEFINED;
 
 int
 hil_new_mode(PortMode new_mode)