diff --git a/moo/mooedit/plugins/fileselector/moofileselector.c b/moo/mooedit/plugins/fileselector/moofileselector.c
index 0018dd00..5013199e 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/plugins/fileselector/moofileselector.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/plugins/fileselector/moofileselector.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ moo_file_selector_activate (MooFileView    *fileview,
         moo_editor_open_file (moo_edit_window_get_editor (filesel->window),
                               filesel->window, GTK_WIDGET (filesel), path, NULL);
     else if (!is_exe)
-        _moo_open_file (path);
+        moo_open_file (path);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.c b/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.c
index c2394697..7025f8ce 100644
--- a/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.c
+++ b/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ moo_open_url (const char *url)
 
 
 gboolean
-_moo_open_file (const char *path)
+moo_open_file (const char *path)
 {
     char *uri;
     gboolean ret;
diff --git a/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.h b/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.h
index c18b7e99..ba618b2c 100644
--- a/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.h
+++ b/moo/mooutils/mooutils-misc.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gboolean    moo_open_url                    (const char *url);
 gboolean    moo_open_email                  (const char *address,
                                              const char *subject,
                                              const char *body);
-gboolean    _moo_open_file                  (const char *path);
+gboolean    moo_open_file                   (const char *path);
 
 void        moo_window_present              (GtkWindow  *window,
                                              guint32     stamp);