diff --git a/app/StaMain.cc b/app/StaMain.cc
index 78d68a14..c90c6590 100644
--- a/app/StaMain.cc
+++ b/app/StaMain.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 
 namespace sta {
 
-static char *
-unencode(const char *inits[]);
-
 int
 parseThreadsArg(int &argc,
 		char *argv[])
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ evalTclInit(Tcl_Interp *interp,
   delete [] unencoded;
 }
 
-static char *
+char *
 unencode(const char *inits[])
 {
   size_t length = 0;
diff --git a/include/sta/StaMain.hh b/include/sta/StaMain.hh
index 11d0be41..2f631012 100644
--- a/include/sta/StaMain.hh
+++ b/include/sta/StaMain.hh
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ initSta(int argc,
 void
 evalTclInit(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    const char *inits[]);
+char *
+unencode(const char *inits[]);
 
 bool
 findCmdLineFlag(int &argc,