diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
index f4f8f4dfea3..38aceea3b23 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/extern.h
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ void		ecpg_set_compat_sqlda(int, struct sqlda_compat **, const PGresult *, int,
 struct sqlda_struct *ecpg_build_native_sqlda(int, PGresult *, int, enum COMPAT_MODE);
 void		ecpg_set_native_sqlda(int, struct sqlda_struct **, const PGresult *, int, enum COMPAT_MODE);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+extern char *
+ecpg_gettext(const char *msgid)
+__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 3b8ed4c4b03..b93a11c1b7d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/ecpglib.h
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@
 #include "sqlca.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-extern char *
-ecpg_gettext(const char *msgid)
-__attribute__((format_arg(1)));
-#else
-#define ecpg_gettext(x) (x)
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __cplusplus
 #ifndef bool
 #define bool char