diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
index 869a9e92b28..bf2ce5beec7 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ unsigned	ecpg_hex_dec_len(unsigned srclen);
 unsigned	ecpg_hex_enc_len(unsigned srclen);
 unsigned	ecpg_hex_encode(const char *src, unsigned len, char *dst);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+extern char *ecpg_gettext(const char *msgid) pg_attribute_format_arg(1);
+#else
+#define ecpg_gettext(x) (x)
+#endif
+
 /* SQLSTATE values generated or processed by ecpglib (intentionally
  * not exported -- users should refer to the codes directly) */
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h
index 8a601996d2d..a4274519303 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
 #include "sqlca.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-extern char *ecpg_gettext(const char *msgid) pg_attribute_format_arg(1);
-#else
-#define ecpg_gettext(x) (x)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __cplusplus
 #ifndef bool
 #define bool char