diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index afb2c446..6b451196 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -132,6 +132,68 @@ void buf_append_bytes(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const void *bytes, int len)
 	buf->data[buf->pos] = 0;
 }
 
+int buf_append_utf16le(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const char *utf8)
+{
+	int len = 0;
+	unsigned char c;
+	unsigned long utfchar;
+	int min;
+	int nr_extra;
+
+	/* Ick. Now I'm implementing my own UTF8 handling too. Perhaps it's
+	   time to bite the bullet and start requiring something like glib? */
+	while (*utf8) {
+		c = *(utf8++);
+		if (c < 128) {
+			utfchar = c;
+			nr_extra = 0;
+			min = 0;
+		} else if ((c & 0xe0) == 0xc0) {
+			utfchar = c & 0x1f;
+			nr_extra = 1;
+			min = 0x80;
+		} else if ((c & 0xf0) == 0xe0) {
+			utfchar = c & 0x0f;
+			nr_extra = 2;
+			min = 0x800;
+		} else if ((c & 0xf8) == 0xf0) {
+			utfchar = c & 0x07;
+			nr_extra = 3;
+			min = 0x10000;
+		} else {
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		while (nr_extra--) {
+			c = *(utf8++);
+			if ((c & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+				return -EINVAL;
+			utfchar <<= 6;
+			utfchar |= (c & 0x3f);
+		}
+		if (utfchar > 0x10ffff || utfchar < min)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (utfchar >= 0x10000) {
+			utfchar -= 0x10000;
+			if (buf_ensure_space(buf, 4))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = (utfchar >> 10) & 0xff;
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = 0xd8 | ((utfchar >> 18) & 3);
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar & 0xff;
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = 0xdc | ((utfchar >> 8) & 3);
+			len += 4;
+		} else {
+			if (buf_ensure_space(buf, 2))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar & 0xff;
+			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar >> 8;
+			len += 2;
+		}
+	}
+	return len;
+}
+
 int buf_error(struct oc_text_buf *buf)
 {
 	return buf ? buf->error : -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/ntlm.c b/ntlm.c
index 95a7ee2e..0886001e 100644
--- a/ntlm.c
+++ b/ntlm.c
@@ -736,68 +736,6 @@ static void setup_schedule (const unsigned char *key_56, DES_KS ks)
 	deskey (ks, key, 0);
 }
 
-static int buf_append_utf16le(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const char *utf8)
-{
-	int len = 0;
-	unsigned char c;
-	unsigned long utfchar;
-	int min;
-	int nr_extra;
-
-	/* Ick. Now I'm implementing my own UTF8 handling too. Perhaps it's
-	   time to bite the bullet and start requiring something like glib? */
-	while (*utf8) {
-		c = *(utf8++);
-		if (c < 128) {
-			utfchar = c;
-			nr_extra = 0;
-			min = 0;
-		} else if ((c & 0xe0) == 0xc0) {
-			utfchar = c & 0x1f;
-			nr_extra = 1;
-			min = 0x80;
-		} else if ((c & 0xf0) == 0xe0) {
-			utfchar = c & 0x0f;
-			nr_extra = 2;
-			min = 0x800;
-		} else if ((c & 0xf8) == 0xf0) {
-			utfchar = c & 0x07;
-			nr_extra = 3;
-			min = 0x10000;
-		} else {
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-
-		while (nr_extra--) {
-			c = *(utf8++);
-			if ((c & 0xc0) != 0x80)
-				return -EINVAL;
-			utfchar <<= 6;
-			utfchar |= (c & 0x3f);
-		}
-		if (utfchar > 0x10ffff || utfchar < min)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (utfchar >= 0x10000) {
-			utfchar -= 0x10000;
-			if (buf_ensure_space(buf, 4))
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = (utfchar >> 10) & 0xff;
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = 0xd8 | ((utfchar >> 18) & 3);
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar & 0xff;
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = 0xdc | ((utfchar >> 8) & 3);
-			len += 4;
-		} else {
-			if (buf_ensure_space(buf, 2))
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar & 0xff;
-			buf->data[buf->pos++] = utfchar >> 8;
-			len += 2;
-		}
-	}
-	return len;
-}
-
 #define LM_PASSWORD_MAGIC "\x4B\x47\x53\x21\x40\x23\x24\x25" \
                           "\x4B\x47\x53\x21\x40\x23\x24\x25" \
 			  "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
diff --git a/openconnect-internal.h b/openconnect-internal.h
index 819dbd89..5029db3c 100644
--- a/openconnect-internal.h
+++ b/openconnect-internal.h
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ void  __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
 	buf_append(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const char *fmt, ...);
 void buf_append_bytes(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const void *bytes, int len);
 void buf_append_base64(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const void *bytes, int len);
+int buf_append_utf16le(struct oc_text_buf *buf, const char *utf8);
 void *openconnect_base64_decode(int *len, const char *in);
 void buf_truncate(struct oc_text_buf *buf);
 void buf_append_urlencoded(struct oc_text_buf *buf, char *str);