diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 9fb42fdd714a77..d96735c0be732b 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -45,21 +45,6 @@ static int is_empty_file(const char *filename)
 	return !st.st_size;
 }
 
-/**
- * Like strbuf_getline(), but treats both '\n' and "\r\n" as line terminators.
- */
-static int strbuf_getline_crlf(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp)
-{
-	if (strbuf_getwholeline(sb, fp, '\n'))
-		return EOF;
-	if (sb->buf[sb->len - 1] == '\n') {
-		strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len - 1);
-		if (sb->len > 0 && sb->buf[sb->len - 1] == '\r')
-			strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len - 1);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the length of the first line of msg.
  */
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index b165d044ae7f84..7ad5ea41459adf 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -510,6 +510,18 @@ int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int strbuf_getline_crlf(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp)
+{
+	if (strbuf_getwholeline(sb, fp, '\n'))
+		return EOF;
+	if (sb->buf[sb->len - 1] == '\n') {
+		strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len - 1);
+		if (sb->len && sb->buf[sb->len - 1] == '\r')
+			strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len - 1);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int strbuf_getwholeline_fd(struct strbuf *sb, int fd, int term)
 {
 	strbuf_reset(sb);
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 7123fca7aff518..d84c866ab1568a 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ extern int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
  */
 extern int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
 
+/*
+ * Similar to strbuf_getline(), but uses '\n' as the terminator,
+ * and additionally treats a '\r' that comes immediately before '\n'
+ * as part of the terminator.
+ */
+extern int strbuf_getline_crlf(struct strbuf *, FILE *);
+
 /**
  * Like `strbuf_getline`, but keeps the trailing terminator (if
  * any) in the buffer.