diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
index f788bfd1ea..4bf55fe3fd 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/ecpglib_extern.h
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ 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 a9bc584cd8..de9c76aefc 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