diff --git a/include/ircd/m/room/aliases.h b/include/ircd/m/room/aliases.h
index 731abfaf1..1c99f7038 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/room/aliases.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/room/aliases.h
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ struct ircd::m::room::aliases
 {
 	using closure_bool = std::function<bool (const alias &)>;
 
+	static bool for_each(const m::room &, const string_view &server, const closure_bool &);
+
 	m::room room;
 
+  public:
 	bool for_each(const string_view &server, const closure_bool &) const;
 	bool for_each(const closure_bool &) const;
 	bool has(const alias &) const;
diff --git a/ircd/m_room.cc b/ircd/m_room.cc
index c4619e5ee..ea0f80362 100644
--- a/ircd/m_room.cc
+++ b/ircd/m_room.cc
@@ -2420,40 +2420,22 @@ const
 	if(!server)
 		return for_each(closure);
 
-	const room::state state
+	return for_each(room, server, closure);
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::m::room::aliases::for_each(const m::room &room,
+                                 const string_view &server,
+                                 const closure_bool &closure)
+{
+	using prototype = bool (const m::room &, const string_view &, const closure_bool &);
+
+	static mods::import<prototype> call
 	{
-		room
+		"m_room_aliases", "ircd::m::room::aliases::for_each"
 	};
 
-	const event::idx &event_idx
-	{
-		state.get(std::nothrow, "m.room.aliases", server)
-	};
-
-	if(!event_idx)
-		return true;
-
-	bool ret{true};
-	m::get(std::nothrow, event_idx, "content", [&closure, &ret]
-	(const json::object &content)
-	{
-		const json::array &aliases
-		{
-			content["aliases"]
-		};
-
-		for(auto it(begin(aliases)); it != end(aliases) && ret; ++it)
-		{
-			const json::string &alias(*it);
-			if(!valid(m::id::ROOM_ALIAS, alias))
-				continue;
-
-			if(!closure(alias))
-				ret = false;
-		}
-	});
-
-	return ret;
+	return call(room, server, closure);
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/modules/m_room_aliases.cc b/modules/m_room_aliases.cc
index a07be910a..4cf65a95d 100644
--- a/modules/m_room_aliases.cc
+++ b/modules/m_room_aliases.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,57 @@ alias_room
 	alias_room_id
 };
 
+//
+// m::room::aliases impl
+//
+
+bool
+IRCD_MODULE_EXPORT
+ircd::m::room::aliases::for_each(const m::room &room,
+                                 const string_view &server,
+                                 const closure_bool &closure)
+{
+	const room::state state
+	{
+		room
+	};
+
+	assert(server);
+	const event::idx &event_idx
+	{
+		state.get(std::nothrow, "m.room.aliases", server)
+	};
+
+	if(!event_idx)
+		return true;
+
+	bool ret{true};
+	m::get(std::nothrow, event_idx, "content", [&closure, &ret]
+	(const json::object &content)
+	{
+		const json::array &aliases
+		{
+			content["aliases"]
+		};
+
+		for(auto it(begin(aliases)); it != end(aliases) && ret; ++it)
+		{
+			const json::string &alias(*it);
+			if(!valid(m::id::ROOM_ALIAS, alias))
+				continue;
+
+			if(!closure(alias))
+				ret = false;
+		}
+	});
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+//
+// hook handlers
+//
+
 void
 _changed_aliases(const m::event &event,
                  m::vm::eval &)