diff --git a/mi/mi.h b/mi/mi.h
index e1d37a285..c2a1c4a10 100644
--- a/mi/mi.h
+++ b/mi/mi.h
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ miDoCopy(DrawablePtr pSrcDrawable,
          int xOut,
          int yOut, miCopyProc copyProc, Pixel bitplane, void *closure);
 
+/* midash.c */
+
+extern _X_EXPORT void miStepDash(int /*dist */ ,
+                                 int * /*pDashIndex */ ,
+                                 unsigned char * /*pDash */ ,
+                                 int /*numInDashList */ ,
+                                 int *  /*pDashOffset */
+    );
+
 /* mieq.c */
 
 #ifndef INPUT_H
diff --git a/mi/mi_priv.h b/mi/mi_priv.h
index bd92ba171..7711d4255 100644
--- a/mi/mi_priv.h
+++ b/mi/mi_priv.h
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@
 void miScreenClose(ScreenPtr pScreen);
 
 void miWideArc(DrawablePtr pDraw, GCPtr pGC, int narcs, xArc * parcs);
-void miStepDash(int dist, int * pDashIndex, unsigned char * pDash,
-                int numInDashList, int *pDashOffset);
 
 #endif /* _XSERVER_MI_PRIV_H */
diff --git a/mi/midash.c b/mi/midash.c
index fa3a02074..76bd4266d 100644
--- a/mi/midash.c
+++ b/mi/midash.c
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 ******************************************************************/
 #include <dix-config.h>
 
-#include "mi/mi_priv.h"
-
 #include "regionstr.h"
 #include "mistruct.h"
 
diff --git a/mi/miwideline.c b/mi/miwideline.c
index 0498e9cd8..0d81519cf 100644
--- a/mi/miwideline.c
+++ b/mi/miwideline.c
@@ -63,13 +63,11 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #undef _XOPEN_SOURCE
 #endif
 #include <X11/X.h>
-
-#include "mi/mi_priv.h"
-
 #include "windowstr.h"
 #include "gcstruct.h"
 #include "regionstr.h"
 #include "miwideline.h"
+#include "mi.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     int count;                  /* number of spans                  */