diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
index 35ee5fbce9..437d26b698 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.cpp
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static avcodec::URLProtocol RageProtocol =
 	NULL
 };
 
-static void RegisterProtocols()
+void MovieTexture_FFMpeg::RegisterProtocols()
 {
 	static bool Done = false;
 	if( Done )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
index 7caa7dbc90..3c8bbb6c9e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/MovieTexture/MovieTexture_FFMpeg.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public:
 	void SetLooping(bool looping=true) { m_bLoop = looping; }
 	unsigned GetTexHandle() const { return m_uTexHandle; }
 
+	static void RegisterProtocols();
+
 private:
 	FFMpeg_Helper *decoder;