diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
index 2a3ab1ecec..4a75b88a11 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_common.c
@@ -434,3 +434,8 @@ int vboxConnectIsEncrypted(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     /* No encryption is needed, or used on the local transport*/
     return 0;
 }
+
+int vboxConnectIsAlive(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    return 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
index 7ab6315347..af7180945b 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_tmpl.c
@@ -914,11 +914,6 @@ vboxSocketParseAddrUtf16(vboxGlobalData *data, const PRUnichar *utf16,
     return result;
 }
 
-static int vboxConnectIsAlive(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
-{
-    return 1;
-}
-
 static int
 vboxConnectGetMaxVcpus(virConnectPtr conn, const char *type ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
diff --git a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
index 15cac24a69..434b8d795f 100644
--- a/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
+++ b/src/vbox/vbox_uniformed_api.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ int vboxConnectGetVersion(virConnectPtr conn, unsigned long *version);
 char *vboxConnectGetHostname(virConnectPtr conn);
 int vboxConnectIsSecure(virConnectPtr conn);
 int vboxConnectIsEncrypted(virConnectPtr conn);
+int vboxConnectIsAlive(virConnectPtr conn);
 
 /* Version specified functions for installing uniformed API */
 void vbox22InstallUniformedAPI(vboxUniformedAPI *pVBoxAPI);