diff --git a/include/filenames.h b/include/filenames.h
index 167103da0..434e1f555 100644
--- a/include/filenames.h
+++ b/include/filenames.h
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ void generate_cached_kernel_mp_filename (const uint opti_type, const uint opts_t
 void generate_source_kernel_amp_filename (const uint attack_kern, char *shared_dir, char *source_file);
 void generate_cached_kernel_amp_filename (const uint attack_kern, char *profile_dir, const char *device_name_chksum, char *cached_file);
 
+char *filename_from_filepath (char *filepath);
+
 #endif // _FILENAMES_H
diff --git a/src/filenames.c b/src/filenames.c
index 0f69f6a1e..72f49546e 100644
--- a/src/filenames.c
+++ b/src/filenames.c
@@ -73,3 +73,23 @@ void generate_cached_kernel_amp_filename (const uint attack_kern, char *profile_
 {
   snprintf (cached_file, 255, "%s/kernels/amp_a%d.%s.kernel", profile_dir, attack_kern, device_name_chksum);
 }
+
+char *filename_from_filepath (char *filepath)
+{
+  char *ptr = NULL;
+
+  if ((ptr = strrchr (filepath, '/')) != NULL)
+  {
+    ptr++;
+  }
+  else if ((ptr = strrchr (filepath, '\\')) != NULL)
+  {
+    ptr++;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    ptr = filepath;
+  }
+
+  return ptr;
+}
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 8f95c797e..1b66f4fa3 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -1360,25 +1360,7 @@ static void hc_signal (void (callback) (int))
  */
 
 
-static char *filename_from_filepath (char *filepath)
-{
-  char *ptr = NULL;
 
-  if ((ptr = strrchr (filepath, '/')) != NULL)
-  {
-    ptr++;
-  }
-  else if ((ptr = strrchr (filepath, '\\')) != NULL)
-  {
-    ptr++;
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    ptr = filepath;
-  }
-
-  return ptr;
-}
 
 static uint convert_from_hex (char *line_buf, const uint line_len)
 {