diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 05789860..a655fe87 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "statusbar.h"
 #include "window.h"
 #include "focus.h"
+#include "ewmh.h"
 #include "layouts/floating.h"
 
 
@@ -257,31 +258,6 @@ focus(Client *c, Bool selscreen, int screen)
                        RevertToPointerRoot, CurrentTime);
 }
 
-static void
-ewmh_update_net_client_list(int phys_screen)
-{
-     Window *wins;
-     Client *c;
-     int n = 0;
-
-     for(c = globalconf.clients; c; c = c->next)
-         if(c->phys_screen == phys_screen)
-             n++;
-
-     wins = p_new(Window, n + 1);
-
-     for(n = 0, c = globalconf.clients; c; c = c->next, n++)
-         if(c->phys_screen == phys_screen)
-             wins[n] = c->win;
-
-     XChangeProperty(globalconf.display, RootWindow(globalconf.display, phys_screen),
-                     XInternAtom(globalconf.display, "_NET_CLIENT_LIST", False), XA_WINDOW, 32,
-                     PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)wins, n);
-
-     p_delete(&wins);
-     XFlush(globalconf.display);     
-}
-
 /** Manage a new client
  * \param w The window
  * \param wa Window attributes
diff --git a/ewmh.c b/ewmh.c
index 2a7f0bce..74e8ad59 100644
--- a/ewmh.c
+++ b/ewmh.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xatom.h> 
 
 #include "ewmh.h"
-#include "config.h"
+#include "util.h"
 
 extern AwesomeConf globalconf;
 
@@ -80,5 +80,28 @@ ewmh_set_supported_hints(int phys_screen)
                     PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) atom, i);
 }
 
+void
+ewmh_update_net_client_list(int phys_screen)
+{
+    Window *wins;
+    Client *c;
+    int n = 0;
+
+    for(c = globalconf.clients; c; c = c->next)
+        if(c->phys_screen == phys_screen)
+            n++;
+
+    wins = p_new(Window, n + 1);
+
+    for(n = 0, c = globalconf.clients; c; c = c->next, n++)
+        if(c->phys_screen == phys_screen)
+            wins[n] = c->win;
+
+    XChangeProperty(globalconf.display, RootWindow(globalconf.display, phys_screen),
+                    net_client_list, XA_WINDOW, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) wins, n);
+
+    p_delete(&wins);
+    XFlush(globalconf.display);
+}
 
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/ewmh.h b/ewmh.h
index bef1fd79..ee526e3b 100644
--- a/ewmh.h
+++ b/ewmh.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 void ewmh_init_atoms(void);
 void ewmh_set_supported_hints(int);
+void ewmh_update_net_client_list(int);
 
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80