diff --git a/src/navigation.c b/src/navigation.c
index f93597da..5e2a4bd7 100644
--- a/src/navigation.c
+++ b/src/navigation.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct mount_identifier_tag {
 
 REFOBJECT_DEFINE_TYPE(mount_identifier_t);
 
-static inline const char * navigation_direction_id2str(navigation_direction_t dir)
+const char * navigation_direction_to_str(navigation_direction_t dir)
 {
     switch (dir) {
         case NAVIGATION_DIRECTION_UP: return "up"; break;
diff --git a/src/navigation.h b/src/navigation.h
index 32e97341..f59baee5 100644
--- a/src/navigation.h
+++ b/src/navigation.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ typedef enum {
 
 REFOBJECT_FORWARD_TYPE(mount_identifier_t);
 
+const char * navigation_direction_to_str(navigation_direction_t dir);
+
 void navigation_initialize(void);
 void navigation_shutdown(void);