diff --git a/builtin/credential-store.c b/builtin/credential-store.c
index b74e06cc93..bc1453c6b2 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-store.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-store.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "path.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "url.h"
 #include "write-or-die.h"
 
 static struct lock_file credential_lock;
@@ -76,12 +77,6 @@ static void rewrite_credential_file(const char *fn, struct credential *c,
 		die_errno("unable to write credential store");
 }
 
-static int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch)
-{
-	return isalnum(ch) ||
-		ch == '-' || ch == '_' || ch == '.' || ch == '~';
-}
-
 static int is_rfc3986_reserved_or_unreserved(char ch)
 {
 	if (is_rfc3986_unreserved(ch))
diff --git a/url.c b/url.c
index 282b12495a..adc289229c 100644
--- a/url.c
+++ b/url.c
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "url.h"
 
+int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch)
+{
+	return isalnum(ch) ||
+		ch == '-' || ch == '_' || ch == '.' || ch == '~';
+}
+
 int is_urlschemechar(int first_flag, int ch)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/url.h b/url.h
index 2a27c34277..e644c3c809 100644
--- a/url.h
+++ b/url.h
@@ -21,4 +21,11 @@ char *url_decode_parameter_value(const char **query);
 void end_url_with_slash(struct strbuf *buf, const char *url);
 void str_end_url_with_slash(const char *url, char **dest);
 
+/*
+ * The set of unreserved characters as per STD66 (RFC3986) is
+ * '[A-Za-z0-9-._~]'. These characters are safe to appear in URI
+ * components without percent-encoding.
+ */
+int is_rfc3986_unreserved(char ch);
+
 #endif /* URL_H */