diff --git a/src/logging.h b/src/logging.h
index 2b4b657dc9e..18eb2c61028 100644
--- a/src/logging.h
+++ b/src/logging.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define BITCOIN_LOGGING_H
 
 #include <crypto/siphash.h>
+#include <logging/categories.h> // IWYU pragma: export
 #include <threadsafety.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
@@ -62,44 +63,6 @@ struct LogCategory {
 };
 
 namespace BCLog {
-    using CategoryMask = uint64_t;
-    enum LogFlags : CategoryMask {
-        NONE        = CategoryMask{0},
-        NET         = (CategoryMask{1} <<  0),
-        TOR         = (CategoryMask{1} <<  1),
-        MEMPOOL     = (CategoryMask{1} <<  2),
-        HTTP        = (CategoryMask{1} <<  3),
-        BENCH       = (CategoryMask{1} <<  4),
-        ZMQ         = (CategoryMask{1} <<  5),
-        WALLETDB    = (CategoryMask{1} <<  6),
-        RPC         = (CategoryMask{1} <<  7),
-        ESTIMATEFEE = (CategoryMask{1} <<  8),
-        ADDRMAN     = (CategoryMask{1} <<  9),
-        SELECTCOINS = (CategoryMask{1} << 10),
-        REINDEX     = (CategoryMask{1} << 11),
-        CMPCTBLOCK  = (CategoryMask{1} << 12),
-        RAND        = (CategoryMask{1} << 13),
-        PRUNE       = (CategoryMask{1} << 14),
-        PROXY       = (CategoryMask{1} << 15),
-        MEMPOOLREJ  = (CategoryMask{1} << 16),
-        LIBEVENT    = (CategoryMask{1} << 17),
-        COINDB      = (CategoryMask{1} << 18),
-        QT          = (CategoryMask{1} << 19),
-        LEVELDB     = (CategoryMask{1} << 20),
-        VALIDATION  = (CategoryMask{1} << 21),
-        I2P         = (CategoryMask{1} << 22),
-        IPC         = (CategoryMask{1} << 23),
-#ifdef DEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION
-        LOCK        = (CategoryMask{1} << 24),
-#endif
-        BLOCKSTORAGE = (CategoryMask{1} << 25),
-        TXRECONCILIATION = (CategoryMask{1} << 26),
-        SCAN        = (CategoryMask{1} << 27),
-        TXPACKAGES  = (CategoryMask{1} << 28),
-        KERNEL      = (CategoryMask{1} << 29),
-        PRIVBROADCAST = (CategoryMask{1} << 30),
-        ALL         = ~NONE,
-    };
     enum class Level {
         Trace = 0, // High-volume or detailed logging for development/debugging
         Debug,     // Reasonably noisy logging, but still usable in production
diff --git a/src/logging/categories.h b/src/logging/categories.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dff00adaf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logging/categories.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_LOGGING_CATEGORIES_H
+#define BITCOIN_LOGGING_CATEGORIES_H
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+namespace BCLog {
+
+using CategoryMask = uint64_t;
+
+enum LogFlags : CategoryMask {
+    NONE = CategoryMask{0},
+    NET = (CategoryMask{1} << 0),
+    TOR = (CategoryMask{1} << 1),
+    MEMPOOL = (CategoryMask{1} << 2),
+    HTTP = (CategoryMask{1} << 3),
+    BENCH = (CategoryMask{1} << 4),
+    ZMQ = (CategoryMask{1} << 5),
+    WALLETDB = (CategoryMask{1} << 6),
+    RPC = (CategoryMask{1} << 7),
+    ESTIMATEFEE = (CategoryMask{1} << 8),
+    ADDRMAN = (CategoryMask{1} << 9),
+    SELECTCOINS = (CategoryMask{1} << 10),
+    REINDEX = (CategoryMask{1} << 11),
+    CMPCTBLOCK = (CategoryMask{1} << 12),
+    RAND = (CategoryMask{1} << 13),
+    PRUNE = (CategoryMask{1} << 14),
+    PROXY = (CategoryMask{1} << 15),
+    MEMPOOLREJ = (CategoryMask{1} << 16),
+    LIBEVENT = (CategoryMask{1} << 17),
+    COINDB = (CategoryMask{1} << 18),
+    QT = (CategoryMask{1} << 19),
+    LEVELDB = (CategoryMask{1} << 20),
+    VALIDATION = (CategoryMask{1} << 21),
+    I2P = (CategoryMask{1} << 22),
+    IPC = (CategoryMask{1} << 23),
+#ifdef DEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION
+    LOCK = (CategoryMask{1} << 24),
+#endif
+    BLOCKSTORAGE = (CategoryMask{1} << 25),
+    TXRECONCILIATION = (CategoryMask{1} << 26),
+    SCAN = (CategoryMask{1} << 27),
+    TXPACKAGES = (CategoryMask{1} << 28),
+    KERNEL = (CategoryMask{1} << 29),
+    PRIVBROADCAST = (CategoryMask{1} << 30),
+    ALL = ~NONE,
+};
+
+} // namespace BCLog
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_LOGGING_CATEGORIES_H