diff --git a/dynamic.c b/dynamic.c
index 44be0660a4..cae2a04c03 100644
--- a/dynamic.c
+++ b/dynamic.c
@@ -256,6 +256,33 @@ static void load_symbols(void)
    SYM(retro_get_memory_size);
 }
 
+void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size)
+{
+   if (size == 0)
+      return;
+
+   struct retro_system_info info;
+   retro_get_system_info(&info);
+   const char *id = info.library_name ? info.library_name : "Unknown";
+
+   if (!id || strlen(id) >= size)
+   {
+      name[0] = '\0';
+      return;
+   }
+
+   name[strlen(id)] = '\0';
+
+   for (size_t i = 0; id[i] != '\0'; i++)
+   {
+      char c = id[i];
+      if (isspace(c) || isblank(c))
+         name[i] = '_';
+      else
+         name[i] = tolower(c);
+   }
+}
+
 void init_libretro_sym(void)
 {
    // Guarantee that we can do "dirty" casting.
diff --git a/dynamic.h b/dynamic.h
index dd94effc7f..a071ab2378 100644
--- a/dynamic.h
+++ b/dynamic.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ bool libretro_get_system_info(const char *path, struct retro_system_info *info);
 void libretro_free_system_info(struct retro_system_info *info);
 #endif
 
+// Transforms a library id to a name suitable as a pathname.
+void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size);
+
 extern void (*pretro_init)(void);
 extern void (*pretro_deinit)(void);
 
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_console.c b/frontend/frontend_console.c
index 1019f2a676..f661ac54e8 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_console.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_console.c
@@ -115,39 +115,11 @@ static void verbose_log_init(void)
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBRETRO_MANAGEMENT
-
-// Transforms a library id to a name suitable as a pathname.
-static void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size)
-{
-   if (size == 0)
-      return;
-
-   struct retro_system_info info;
-   retro_get_system_info(&info);
-   const char *id = info.library_name ? info.library_name : "Unknown";
-
-   if (!id || strlen(id) >= size)
-   {
-      name[0] = '\0';
-      return;
-   }
-
-   name[strlen(id)] = '\0';
-
-   for (size_t i = 0; id[i] != '\0'; i++)
-   {
-      char c = id[i];
-      if (isspace(c) || isblank(c))
-         name[i] = '_';
-      else
-         name[i] = tolower(c);
-   }
-}
-
-// If a CORE executable of name CORE.extension exists, rename filename
-// to a more sane name.
 static bool install_libretro_core(const char *core_exe_path, const char *tmp_path, const char *extension)
 {
+   // If a CORE executable of name CORE.extension exists, rename filename
+   // to a more sane name.
+
    int ret = 0;
    char tmp_path2[PATH_MAX], tmp_pathnewfile[PATH_MAX];
 
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_console.h b/frontend/frontend_console.h
index 0634440469..ccb6d3cff7 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_console.h
+++ b/frontend/frontend_console.h
@@ -27,6 +27,4 @@ static void find_first_libretro_core(char *first_file,
    const char * ext);
 #endif
 
-static void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size);
-
 #endif