diff --git a/src/srun/job.c b/src/srun/job.c
index 36be7e9db8bdb25f5e74615a884e1d1c32dc6c7c..68cfd17be1dd0a5a6f42ebf567e80a4381ee88d4 100644
--- a/src/srun/job.c
+++ b/src/srun/job.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static void       _job_resp_hack(resource_allocation_response_msg_t *resp,
 				bitstr_t *req_bitmap);
 static char *     _task_state_name(task_state_t state_inx);
 static char *     _host_state_name(host_state_t state_inx);
+static char *     _normalize_hostlist(const char *hostlist);
 
 
 /*