diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
index a40be7b38..e9326b504 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ WIN_CheckRawMouseButtons( ULONG rawButtons, SDL_WindowData *data )
     }
 }
 
-static SDL_FORCE_INLINE BOOL
+SDL_FORCE_INLINE BOOL
 WIN_ConvertUTF32toUTF8(UINT32 codepoint, char * text)
 {
     if (codepoint <= 0x7F) {