diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 76397c41..cfdd512d 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -142,6 +142,59 @@ size_t _glfwEncodeUTF8(char* s, uint32_t codepoint)
     return count;
 }
 
+// Splits and translates a text/uri-list into separate file paths
+// NOTE: This function destroys the provided string
+//
+char** _glfwParseUriList(char* text, int* count)
+{
+    const char* prefix = "file://";
+    char** paths = NULL;
+    char* line;
+
+    *count = 0;
+
+    while ((line = strtok(text, "\r\n")))
+    {
+        char* path;
+
+        text = NULL;
+
+        if (line[0] == '#')
+            continue;
+
+        if (strncmp(line, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0)
+        {
+            line += strlen(prefix);
+            // TODO: Validate hostname
+            while (*line != '/')
+                line++;
+        }
+
+        (*count)++;
+
+        path = calloc(strlen(line) + 1, 1);
+        paths = realloc(paths, *count * sizeof(char*));
+        paths[*count - 1] = path;
+
+        while (*line)
+        {
+            if (line[0] == '%' && line[1] && line[2])
+            {
+                const char digits[3] = { line[1], line[2], '\0' };
+                *path = (char) strtol(digits, NULL, 16);
+                line += 2;
+            }
+            else
+                *path = *line;
+
+            path++;
+            line++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return paths;
+}
+
 char* _glfw_strdup(const char* source)
 {
     const size_t length = strlen(source);
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 69d6a19a..3e9283a3 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ void _glfwTerminateVulkan(void);
 const char* _glfwGetVulkanResultString(VkResult result);
 
 size_t _glfwEncodeUTF8(char* s, uint32_t codepoint);
+char** _glfwParseUriList(char* text, int* count);
 
 char* _glfw_strdup(const char* source);
 int _glfw_min(int a, int b);
diff --git a/src/x11_window.c b/src/x11_window.c
index 646fbdab..47ffef82 100644
--- a/src/x11_window.c
+++ b/src/x11_window.c
@@ -458,57 +458,6 @@ static void updateWindowMode(_GLFWwindow* window)
     }
 }
 
-// Splits and translates a text/uri-list into separate file paths
-// NOTE: This function destroys the provided string
-//
-static char** parseUriList(char* text, int* count)
-{
-    const char* prefix = "file://";
-    char** paths = NULL;
-    char* line;
-
-    *count = 0;
-
-    while ((line = strtok(text, "\r\n")))
-    {
-        text = NULL;
-
-        if (line[0] == '#')
-            continue;
-
-        if (strncmp(line, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0)
-        {
-            line += strlen(prefix);
-            // TODO: Validate hostname
-            while (*line != '/')
-                line++;
-        }
-
-        (*count)++;
-
-        char* path = calloc(strlen(line) + 1, 1);
-        paths = realloc(paths, *count * sizeof(char*));
-        paths[*count - 1] = path;
-
-        while (*line)
-        {
-            if (line[0] == '%' && line[1] && line[2])
-            {
-                const char digits[3] = { line[1], line[2], '\0' };
-                *path = strtol(digits, NULL, 16);
-                line += 2;
-            }
-            else
-                *path = *line;
-
-            path++;
-            line++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return paths;
-}
-
 // Decode a Unicode code point from a UTF-8 stream
 // Based on cutef8 by Jeff Bezanson (Public Domain)
 //
@@ -1808,7 +1757,7 @@ static void processEvent(XEvent *event)
                 if (result)
                 {
                     int i, count;
-                    char** paths = parseUriList(data, &count);
+                    char** paths = _glfwParseUriList(data, &count);
 
                     _glfwInputDrop(window, count, (const char**) paths);