diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 20d095b2..2ebcaf89 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ draw_text(DrawCtx *ctx,
         len = sizeof(buf) - 1;
     memcpy(buf, text, len);
     buf[len] = 0;
-    while(len && (nw = (textwidth(font, buf)) + padding * 2) > w)
+    while(len && (nw = (draw_textwidth(font, buf)) + padding * 2) > w)
         buf[--len] = 0;
     if(nw > w)
         return;                 /* too long */
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ draw_rotate(DrawCtx *ctx, int screen, double angle, int tx, int ty)
 }
 
 unsigned short
-textwidth(XftFont *font, char *text)
+draw_textwidth(XftFont *font, char *text)
 {
     cairo_surface_t *surface;
     cairo_t *cr;
diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index 798d988d..653754df 100644
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void draw_image(DrawCtx *, int, int, int, const char *);
 void draw_image_from_argb_data(DrawCtx *, int, int, int, int, int, unsigned char *);
 Area draw_get_image_size(const char *filename);
 Drawable draw_rotate(DrawCtx *, int, double, int, int);
-unsigned short textwidth(XftFont *, char *);
+unsigned short draw_textwidth(XftFont *, char *);
 Alignment draw_get_align(const char *);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/widgets/taglist.c b/widgets/taglist.c
index dc8c21ba..f04a085b 100644
--- a/widgets/taglist.c
+++ b/widgets/taglist.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ taglist_draw(Widget *widget,
     widget->area.width = 0;
 
     for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next)
-        widget->area.width += textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
+        widget->area.width += draw_textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
 
     if(!widget->user_supplied_x)
         widget->area.x = widget_calculate_offset(widget->statusbar->width,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ taglist_draw(Widget *widget,
     widget->area.width = 0;
     for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next)
     {
-        w = textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
+        w = draw_textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
         if(tag->selected)
             colors = vscreen.colors_selected;
         else if(isurgent(tag))
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ taglist_button_press(Widget *widget, XButtonPressedEvent *ev)
               case Bottom:
                 for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next, i++)
                 {
-                    width = textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
+                    width = draw_textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
                     if(ev->x >= widget->area.x + prev_width
                        && ev->x < widget->area.x + prev_width + width)
                     {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ taglist_button_press(Widget *widget, XButtonPressedEvent *ev)
               case Right:
                 for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next, i++)
                 {
-                    width = textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
+                    width = draw_textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
                     if(ev->y >= widget->area.x + prev_width
                        && ev->y < widget->area.x + prev_width + width)
                     {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ taglist_button_press(Widget *widget, XButtonPressedEvent *ev)
               default:
                 for(tag = vscreen.tags; tag; tag = tag->next, i++)
                 {
-                    width = textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
+                    width = draw_textwidth(vscreen.font, tag->name) + vscreen.font->height;
                     if(widget->statusbar->width - ev->y >= widget->area.x + prev_width
                        && widget->statusbar->width - ev->y < widget->area.x + prev_width + width)
                     {
diff --git a/widgets/textbox.c b/widgets/textbox.c
index faea73e4..10900bea 100644
--- a/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ textbox_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset,
     if(d->width)
         widget->area.width = d->width;
     else
-        widget->area.width = textwidth(widget->font, d->text);
+        widget->area.width = draw_textwidth(widget->font, d->text);
 
     widget->area.height = widget->statusbar->height;