diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index f4f0d6d84a514e3d6b778ed3a2ef7c14c107dec0..585e6b5382bc3adb0bec75271809fe05c24a8379 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -417,3 +417,8 @@ int vboxConnectGetVersion(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned long *version)
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+char *vboxConnectGetHostname(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    return virGetHostname();
+}
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index d7f743d5ffc2d362cc6694f83a16c8050660adac..f305a94766a872b2eb864c92b4143f75d3489af1 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -914,12 +914,6 @@ vboxSocketParseAddrUtf16(vboxGlobalData *data, const PRUnichar *utf16,
     return result;
 }
 
-static char *vboxConnectGetHostname(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return virGetHostname();
-}
-
-
 static int vboxConnectIsSecure(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
     /* Driver is using local, non-network based transport */
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
index 5bb2e6522d6150ad0fee1c1e1dc772f59100c069..f56fe7ac51fd782189bcc6e6f5397b942a76520a 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ virDrvOpenStatus vboxConnectOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
 int vboxConnectClose(virConnectPtr conn);
 int vboxDomainSave(virDomainPtr dom, const char *path);
 int vboxConnectGetVersion(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned long *version);
+char *vboxConnectGetHostname(virConnectPtr conn);
 
 /* Version specified functions for installing uniformed API */
 void vbox22InstallUniformedAPI(vboxUniformedAPI *pVBoxAPI);