diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/utils.h b/include/osmocom/core/utils.h
index 08735fd..f27359c 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/utils.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/utils.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 
 bool osmo_identifier_valid(const char *str);
 bool osmo_separated_identifiers_valid(const char *str, const char *sep_chars);
+void osmo_identifier_sanitize_buf(char *str, const char *sep_chars, char replace_with);
 
 const char *osmo_escape_str(const char *str, int len);
 char *osmo_escape_str_buf2(char *buf, size_t bufsize, const char *str, int in_len);