diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index e7937265dd3a1ec5d7ecc6f43e627133d9f05fe0..8235111797e5c971b14bec649a05c2434394d063 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -824,6 +824,76 @@ virDomainPtr vboxDomainLookupByUUID(virConnectPtr conn,
     return ret;
 }
 
+virDomainPtr
+vboxDomainLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn, const char *name)
+{
+    VBOX_OBJECT_CHECK(conn, virDomainPtr, NULL);
+    vboxArray machines = VBOX_ARRAY_INITIALIZER;
+    vboxIIDUnion iid;
+    char *machineNameUtf8  = NULL;
+    PRUnichar *machineNameUtf16 = NULL;
+    unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
+    size_t i;
+    bool matched = false;
+    nsresult rc;
+
+    VBOX_IID_INITIALIZE(&iid);
+    rc = gVBoxAPI.UArray.vboxArrayGet(&machines, data->vboxObj, ARRAY_GET_MACHINES);
+    if (NS_FAILED(rc)) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+                       _("Could not get list of machines, rc=%08x"), (unsigned)rc);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < machines.count; ++i) {
+        IMachine *machine = machines.items[i];
+        PRBool isAccessible = PR_FALSE;
+
+        if (!machine)
+            continue;
+
+        gVBoxAPI.UIMachine.GetAccessible(machine, &isAccessible);
+        if (!isAccessible)
+            continue;
+
+        gVBoxAPI.UIMachine.GetName(machine, &machineNameUtf16);
+        VBOX_UTF16_TO_UTF8(machineNameUtf16, &machineNameUtf8);
+
+        if (STREQ(name, machineNameUtf8)) {
+
+            PRUint32 state;
+
+            matched = true;
+
+            gVBoxAPI.UIMachine.GetId(machine, &iid);
+            vboxIIDToUUID(&iid, uuid);
+            vboxIIDUnalloc(&iid);
+
+            gVBoxAPI.UIMachine.GetState(machine, &state);
+
+            /* get a new domain pointer from virGetDomain, if it fails
+             * then no need to assign the id, else assign the id, cause
+             * it is -1 by default. rest is taken care by virGetDomain
+             * itself, so need not worry.
+             */
+
+            ret = virGetDomain(conn, machineNameUtf8, uuid);
+            if (ret &&
+                gVBoxAPI.machineStateChecker.Online(state))
+                ret->id = i + 1;
+        }
+
+        VBOX_UTF8_FREE(machineNameUtf8);
+        VBOX_COM_UNALLOC_MEM(machineNameUtf16);
+        if (matched)
+            break;
+    }
+
+    gVBoxAPI.UArray.vboxArrayRelease(&machines);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 vboxSetBootDeviceOrder(virDomainDefPtr def, vboxGlobalData *data,
                        IMachine *machine)
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index ccf73437d654a4a6ada630e3acd8e04e794a86e2..fbe4d3918e02ce0f1524326845c53be3205ac434 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -933,77 +933,6 @@ vboxSocketParseAddrUtf16(vboxGlobalData *data, const PRUnichar *utf16,
     return result;
 }
 
-static virDomainPtr
-vboxDomainLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn, const char *name)
-{
-    VBOX_OBJECT_CHECK(conn, virDomainPtr, NULL);
-    vboxArray machines = VBOX_ARRAY_INITIALIZER;
-    vboxIID iid = VBOX_IID_INITIALIZER;
-    char      *machineNameUtf8  = NULL;
-    PRUnichar *machineNameUtf16 = NULL;
-    unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
-    size_t i;
-    int matched = 0;
-    nsresult rc;
-
-    rc = vboxArrayGet(&machines, data->vboxObj, data->vboxObj->vtbl->GetMachines);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rc)) {
-        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-                       _("Could not get list of machines, rc=%08x"), (unsigned)rc);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0; i < machines.count; ++i) {
-        IMachine *machine = machines.items[i];
-        PRBool isAccessible = PR_FALSE;
-
-        if (!machine)
-            continue;
-
-        machine->vtbl->GetAccessible(machine, &isAccessible);
-        if (isAccessible) {
-
-            machine->vtbl->GetName(machine, &machineNameUtf16);
-            VBOX_UTF16_TO_UTF8(machineNameUtf16, &machineNameUtf8);
-
-            if (STREQ(name, machineNameUtf8)) {
-
-                PRUint32 state;
-
-                matched = 1;
-
-                machine->vtbl->GetId(machine, &iid.value);
-                vboxIIDToUUID(&iid, uuid);
-                vboxIIDUnalloc(&iid);
-
-                machine->vtbl->GetState(machine, &state);
-
-                /* get a new domain pointer from virGetDomain, if it fails
-                 * then no need to assign the id, else assign the id, cause
-                 * it is -1 by default. rest is taken care by virGetDomain
-                 * itself, so need not worry.
-                 */
-
-                ret = virGetDomain(conn, machineNameUtf8, uuid);
-                if (ret &&
-                    (state >= MachineState_FirstOnline) &&
-                    (state <= MachineState_LastOnline))
-                    ret->id = i + 1;
-            }
-
-            VBOX_UTF8_FREE(machineNameUtf8);
-            VBOX_COM_UNALLOC_MEM(machineNameUtf16);
-            if (matched == 1)
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    vboxArrayRelease(&machines);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
 static int vboxDomainIsActive(virDomainPtr dom)
 {
     VBOX_OBJECT_CHECK(dom->conn, int, -1);
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
index 1c11caafc03ea5070ed22fcefacbf9df11e96929..41b2d90912296a96e6043877baddba94e3633959 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ int vboxConnectNumOfDomains(virConnectPtr conn);
 virDomainPtr vboxDomainLookupByID(virConnectPtr conn, int id);
 virDomainPtr vboxDomainLookupByUUID(virConnectPtr conn,
                                     const unsigned char *uuid);
+virDomainPtr
+vboxDomainLookupByName(virConnectPtr conn, const char *name);
 virDomainPtr vboxDomainDefineXML(virConnectPtr conn, const char *xml);
 int vboxDomainUndefineFlags(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags);
 int vboxDomainCreateWithFlags(virDomainPtr dom, unsigned int flags);