diff --git a/desktop/gui_factory.c b/desktop/gui_factory.c
index d917a3542..db675a7be 100644
--- a/desktop/gui_factory.c
+++ b/desktop/gui_factory.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "netsurf/window.h"
 #include "netsurf/search.h"
 #include "netsurf/clipboard.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_layout.h"
 #include "desktop/netsurf.h"
 
diff --git a/desktop/save_text.c b/desktop/save_text.c
index 81c3db604..dee1c91e8 100644
--- a/desktop/save_text.c
+++ b/desktop/save_text.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "render/box.h"
 #include "render/html.h"
 
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_internal.h"
 #include "desktop/save_text.h"
 
diff --git a/frontends/amiga/utf8.c b/frontends/amiga/utf8.c
index 91d7c90c0..24af8c8b9 100755
--- a/frontends/amiga/utf8.c
+++ b/frontends/amiga/utf8.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/nsoption.h"
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 
 #include "amiga/utf8.h"
 
diff --git a/frontends/atari/encoding.c b/frontends/atari/encoding.c
index 9a16cbd4e..5997cb0f0 100644
--- a/frontends/atari/encoding.c
+++ b/frontends/atari/encoding.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "utils/errors.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 
 #include "atari/encoding.h"
 
diff --git a/frontends/framebuffer/font_freetype.c b/frontends/framebuffer/font_freetype.c
index 7756ae77b..d1ac9ed4b 100644
--- a/frontends/framebuffer/font_freetype.c
+++ b/frontends/framebuffer/font_freetype.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
 #include "utils/log.h"
 #include "utils/nsoption.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_layout.h"
 #include "desktop/browser.h"
 
diff --git a/frontends/framebuffer/font_internal.c b/frontends/framebuffer/font_internal.c
index 7578e641a..9b1585889 100644
--- a/frontends/framebuffer/font_internal.c
+++ b/frontends/framebuffer/font_internal.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/nsoption.h"
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_layout.h"
 
 #include "framebuffer/gui.h"
diff --git a/frontends/riscos/ucstables.c b/frontends/riscos/ucstables.c
index 7ac685df2..8e538ef95 100644
--- a/frontends/riscos/ucstables.c
+++ b/frontends/riscos/ucstables.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "utils/log.h"
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
 #include "utils/utils.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 
 #include "riscos/ucstables.h"
 
diff --git a/frontends/windows/font.c b/frontends/windows/font.c
index f67205a6f..8af7ea6db 100644
--- a/frontends/windows/font.c
+++ b/frontends/windows/font.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "utils/nsoption.h"
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_layout.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 
 #include "windows/font.h"
 
diff --git a/desktop/gui_utf8.h b/include/netsurf/utf8.h
similarity index 100%
rename from desktop/gui_utf8.h
rename to include/netsurf/utf8.h
diff --git a/render/html.c b/render/html.c
index 5090b6f41..479307577 100644
--- a/render/html.c
+++ b/render/html.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #include "netsurf/bitmap.h"
 #include "javascript/js.h"
 #include "desktop/browser.h"
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_layout.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_misc.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_internal.h"
diff --git a/utils/utf8.c b/utils/utf8.c
index b1871b2d2..5c930cd13 100644
--- a/utils/utf8.c
+++ b/utils/utf8.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "utils/log.h"
 #include "utils/utf8.h"
 
-#include "desktop/gui_utf8.h"
+#include "netsurf/utf8.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_internal.h"