diff --git a/src/lib/uri-util.c b/src/lib/uri-util.c
index bac2762eba..b2eec8dac3 100644
--- a/src/lib/uri-util.c
+++ b/src/lib/uri-util.c
@@ -1033,9 +1033,10 @@ void uri_host_copy(pool_t pool, struct uri_host *dest,
  * Generic URI construction
  */
 
-static void
-uri_data_encode(string_t *out, const unsigned char esc_table[256],
-		unsigned char esc_mask, const char *esc_extra, const char *data)
+void uri_data_encode(string_t *out,
+	const unsigned char esc_table[256],
+	unsigned char esc_mask, const char *esc_extra,
+	const char *data)
 {
 	const unsigned char *pbegin, *p;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/uri-util.h b/src/lib/uri-util.h
index f30fedbd7a..58e7b919eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/uri-util.h
+++ b/src/lib/uri-util.h
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ void uri_host_copy(pool_t pool, struct uri_host *dest,
  * Generic URI construction
  */
 
+void uri_data_encode(string_t *out,
+	const unsigned char esc_table[256],
+	unsigned char esc_mask, const char *esc_extra,
+	const char *data);
+
 void uri_append_scheme(string_t *out, const char *scheme);
 
 void uri_append_user_data(string_t *out, const char *esc, const char *data);