diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
index b46ff3c06..fd27832a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ QString processStateToString(CoreProcess::ProcessState state)
  * Can also be used to create a representation of a command that can be pasted
  * into a terminal.
  */
-QString makeQuotedArgs(const QString &app, const QStringList &args)
+QString CoreProcess::makeQuotedArgs(const QString &app, const QStringList &args)
 {
   QStringList command;
   command << app;
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
index cd5cb49d9..2e0d5f987 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/core/CoreProcess.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ private:
   QString correctedAddress() const;
   QString requestDaemonLogPath();
   void persistLogDir() const;
+  static QString makeQuotedArgs(const QString &app, const QStringList &args);
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_MAC
   void checkOSXNotification(const QString &line);