diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index 937b669e8cd843c2664edf4c374262cd3e21a48e..87086166b7718edf003ebc068c25617e2f171501 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "access/transam.h"
+#include "common/string.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "replication/slot.h"
 #include "storage/fd.h"
@@ -779,24 +780,6 @@ CheckSlotRequirements(void)
 				 errmsg("replication slots can only be used if wal_level >= archive")));
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns whether the string `str' has the postfix `end'.
- */
-static bool
-string_endswith(const char *str, const char *end)
-{
-	size_t		slen = strlen(str);
-	size_t		elen = strlen(end);
-
-	/* can't be a postfix if longer */
-	if (elen > slen)
-		return false;
-
-	/* compare the end of the strings */
-	str += slen - elen;
-	return strcmp(str, end) == 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Flush all replication slots to disk.
  *
@@ -864,7 +847,7 @@ StartupReplicationSlots(void)
 			continue;
 
 		/* we crashed while a slot was being setup or deleted, clean up */
-		if (string_endswith(replication_de->d_name, ".tmp"))
+		if (pg_str_endswith(replication_de->d_name, ".tmp"))
 		{
 			if (!rmtree(path, true))
 			{
diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile
index 7edbaaa2c1a707f59cbf6b9c137838c201f28cb8..e5c345d7def312fbb99a3115785a62ebe112803b 100644
--- a/src/common/Makefile
+++ b/src/common/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 override CPPFLAGS := -DFRONTEND $(CPPFLAGS)
 LIBS += $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
 
-OBJS_COMMON = exec.o pgfnames.o psprintf.o relpath.o rmtree.o username.o wait_error.o
+OBJS_COMMON = exec.o pgfnames.o psprintf.o relpath.o rmtree.o string.o username.o wait_error.o
 
 OBJS_FRONTEND = $(OBJS_COMMON) fe_memutils.o
 
diff --git a/src/common/string.c b/src/common/string.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27e074313d6ead5e2dcb359393027d23610fe53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * string.c
+ *		string handling helpers
+ *
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2015, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *	  src/common/string.c
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef FRONTEND
+#include "postgres.h"
+#else
+#include "postgres_fe.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "common/string.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * Returns whether the string `str' has the postfix `end'.
+ */
+bool
+pg_str_endswith(const char *str, const char *end)
+{
+	size_t		slen = strlen(str);
+	size_t		elen = strlen(end);
+
+	/* can't be a postfix if longer */
+	if (elen > slen)
+		return false;
+
+	/* compare the end of the strings */
+	str += slen - elen;
+	return strcmp(str, end) == 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/common/string.h b/src/include/common/string.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..023385856fae32f582d3744c3f08a716de4e757f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/common/string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ *	string.h
+ *		string handling helpers
+ *
+ *  Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2015, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ *  Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ *	src/include/common/string.h
+ */
+#ifndef COMMON_STRING_H
+#define COMMON_STRING_H
+
+extern bool pg_str_endswith(const char *str, const char *end);
+
+#endif   /* COMMON_STRING_H */
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index 4506739cbee9834eda0ec4d7e1efe1bc34adb7c7..4336f2eabb888b5c4898f4985b1f4cf7c211db73 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub mkvcbuild
 	push(@pgportfiles, 'rint.c') if ($vsVersion < '12.00');
 
 	our @pgcommonallfiles = qw(
-	  exec.c pgfnames.c psprintf.c relpath.c rmtree.c username.c wait_error.c);
+	  exec.c pgfnames.c psprintf.c relpath.c rmtree.c string.c username.c wait_error.c);
 
 	our @pgcommonfrontendfiles = (@pgcommonallfiles, qw(fe_memutils.c));