diff --git a/src/ast_render.cpp b/src/ast_render.cpp
index 5391d2d4aa..2c541b1600 100644
--- a/src/ast_render.cpp
+++ b/src/ast_render.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static const char *const_or_var_string(bool is_const) {
     return is_const ? "const" : "var";
 }
 
-static const char *container_string(ContainerKind kind) {
+const char *container_string(ContainerKind kind) {
     switch (kind) {
         case ContainerKindEnum: return "enum";
         case ContainerKindStruct: return "struct";
diff --git a/src/ast_render.hpp b/src/ast_render.hpp
index 7f5b1ba0e9..9ff7b4845f 100644
--- a/src/ast_render.hpp
+++ b/src/ast_render.hpp
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ void ast_print(FILE *f, AstNode *node, int indent);
 
 void ast_render(FILE *f, AstNode *node, int indent_size);
 
+const char *container_string(ContainerKind kind);
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index b610be87b9..c73a2b89e0 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -3853,15 +3853,6 @@ static IrInstruction *ir_gen_err_ok_or(IrBuilder *irb, Scope *parent_scope, AstN
     return ir_build_phi(irb, parent_scope, node, 2, incoming_blocks, incoming_values);
 }
 
-static const char *container_string(ContainerKind kind) {
-    switch (kind) {
-        case ContainerKindEnum: return "enum";
-        case ContainerKindStruct: return "struct";
-        case ContainerKindUnion: return "union";
-    }
-    zig_unreachable();
-}
-
 static IrInstruction *ir_gen_container_decl(IrBuilder *irb, Scope *parent_scope, AstNode *node) {
     assert(node->type == NodeTypeContainerDecl);