diff --git a/src/include/switch_utils.h b/src/include/switch_utils.h
index 77e676c26e..cea216a7e4 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_utils.h
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_number_cmp(const char *exp, int val);
   \return 1 if successfull
   \note Extended formats protocol:user@domain:port (Example: sip:toto@example.org)
 */
-int switch_split_user_domain(char *in, char **user, char **domain);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_split_user_domain(char *in, char **user, char **domain);
 
 /* malloc or DIE macros */
 #ifdef NDEBUG
diff --git a/src/switch_utils.c b/src/switch_utils.c
index fa30b714a7..123d8aa162 100644
--- a/src/switch_utils.c
+++ b/src/switch_utils.c
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_number_cmp(const char *exp, int val)
 
 }
 
-int switch_split_user_domain(char *in, char **user, char **domain)
+SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_split_user_domain(char *in, char **user, char **domain)
 {
 	char *p = NULL, *h = NULL, *u = in;