diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index 08cf67d6..43e5f97e 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -604,6 +604,11 @@ TestInfo* MakeAndRegisterTestInfo(
     TearDownTestCaseFunc tear_down_tc,
     TestFactoryBase* factory);
 
+// If *pstr starts with the given prefix, modifies *pstr to be right
+// past the prefix and returns true; otherwise leaves *pstr unchanged
+// and returns false.  None of pstr, *pstr, and prefix can be NULL.
+bool SkipPrefix(const char* prefix, const char** pstr);
+
 #if GTEST_HAS_TYPED_TEST || GTEST_HAS_TYPED_TEST_P
 
 // State of the definition of a type-parameterized test case.
diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 55861544..aa50b25b 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -4355,6 +4355,18 @@ bool AlwaysTrue() {
   return true;
 }
 
+// If *pstr starts with the given prefix, modifies *pstr to be right
+// past the prefix and returns true; otherwise leaves *pstr unchanged
+// and returns false.  None of pstr, *pstr, and prefix can be NULL.
+bool SkipPrefix(const char* prefix, const char** pstr) {
+  const size_t prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+  if (strncmp(*pstr, prefix, prefix_len) == 0) {
+    *pstr += prefix_len;
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 // Parses a string as a command line flag.  The string should have
 // the format "--flag=value".  When def_optional is true, the "=value"
 // part can be omitted.
@@ -4444,18 +4456,6 @@ bool ParseStringFlag(const char* str, const char* flag, String* value) {
   return true;
 }
 
-// Determines whether a string pointed by *str has the prefix parameter as
-// its prefix and advances it to point past the prefix if it does.
-static bool SkipPrefix(const char* prefix, const char** str) {
-  const size_t prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
-
-  if (strncmp(*str, prefix, prefix_len) != 0)
-    return false;
-
-  *str += prefix_len;
-  return true;
-}
-
 // Determines whether a string has a prefix that Google Test uses for its
 // flags, i.e., starts with GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ or GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_DASH_.
 // If Google Test detects that a command line flag has its prefix but is not