diff --git a/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_impl/compat_inspec_1_0.ts b/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_impl/compat_inspec_1_0.ts
index 62016cdb81..129866c8aa 100644
--- a/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_impl/compat_inspec_1_0.ts
+++ b/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_impl/compat_inspec_1_0.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   HDFControlSegment,
   SegmentStatus,
   Severity,
+  convertImpactToSeverity,
   severities
 } from '../compat_wrappers';
 import {
@@ -174,17 +175,7 @@ abstract class HDFControl10 implements HDFControl {
       return raw.tags['severity'];
 
     // otherwise, compute severity with impact
-    if (raw.impact < 0.1) {
-      return 'none';
-    } else if (raw.impact < 0.4) {
-      return 'low';
-    } else if (raw.impact < 0.7) {
-      return 'medium';
-    } else if (raw.impact < 0.9) {
-      return 'high';
-    } else {
-      return 'critical';
-    }
+    return convertImpactToSeverity(raw.impact);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_wrappers.ts b/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_wrappers.ts
index a0a75297f4..bf358c64df 100644
--- a/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_wrappers.ts
+++ b/libs/inspecjs/src/compat_wrappers.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ export type SegmentStatus =
   | 'error'
   | 'no_status';
 
+export function convertImpactToSeverity(impact: number): Severity {
+  if (impact < 0.1) {
+    return 'none';
+  } else if (impact < 0.4) {
+    return 'low';
+  } else if (impact < 0.7) {
+    return 'medium';
+  } else if (impact < 0.9) {
+    return 'high';
+  } else {
+    return 'critical';
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * This interface acts as a polyfill on controls for our HDF "guaranteed" derived types, to provide a stable
  * method for acessing their properties across different schemas.
diff --git a/libs/inspecjs/src/index.ts b/libs/inspecjs/src/index.ts
index 76cf3b3f39..3f5584988a 100644
--- a/libs/inspecjs/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/inspecjs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Our foreign package API.
 
-// Export types
+// Export types and helper functions
 export {
   ControlStatus,
   controlStatuses,
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export {
   severities,
   Severity,
   titleCasedSeverities,
-  TitleCasedSeverity
+  TitleCasedSeverity,
+  convertImpactToSeverity
 } from './compat_wrappers';
 // Export Conversion functions
 export * from './context';