diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 4fac59b1..853ff1dc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-10-31  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* openssl.c: make _get_rfc2253_formatted() static
+
 2014-10-30  Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
 
 	* openssl.c: fix implicit decl warning
diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index b88ea992..edffe41a 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ pattern_match (const char *pattern, const char *string)
   return *n == '\0';
 }
 
-char *_get_rfc2253_formatted (X509_NAME *name)
+static char *_get_rfc2253_formatted (X509_NAME *name)
 {
   int len;
   char *out = NULL;