diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
index 2ae40b0286..10e3844464 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -302,4 +303,8 @@ public class Functions {
         if(n==null) return null;
         else        return n+' ';
     }
+
+    public static String getWin32ErrorMessage(IOException e) {
+        return Util.getWin32ErrorMessage(e);
+    }
 }