diff --git a/thunar/thunar-file.c b/thunar/thunar-file.c
index 6ab7dfc78d548c9243f95da2402430087cd1ccce..b5544d142c685a33008591f9bbd2af5f7b37d7b4 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-file.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-file.c
@@ -2237,16 +2237,8 @@ thunar_file_is_hidden (const ThunarFile *file)
 gboolean
 thunar_file_is_home (const ThunarFile *file)
 {
-  gboolean is_home = FALSE;
-  GFile   *home;
-
   _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file), FALSE);
-
-  home = thunar_g_file_new_for_home ();
-  is_home = g_file_equal (file->gfile, home);
-  g_object_unref (home);
-
-  return is_home;
+  return thunar_g_file_is_home (file->gfile);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.c b/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.c
index 11b34fb465d0a6ca4a2a82a9c3595d8355ff7f96..e4717b348eef0821d62da8eeeeb3e24eb91764c3 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.c
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ thunar_g_file_is_trashed (GFile *file)
 
 
 
+gboolean
+thunar_g_file_is_home (GFile *file)
+{
+  GFile   *home;
+  gboolean is_home = FALSE;
+
+  _thunar_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (file), FALSE);
+
+  home = thunar_g_file_new_for_home ();
+  is_home = g_file_equal (home, file);
+  g_object_unref (home);
+
+  return is_home;
+}
+
+
+
 gboolean
 thunar_g_file_is_desktop (GFile *file)
 {
diff --git a/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.h b/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.h
index c5f3333f444c5f7133d3d0cff2c5e164eb1908c5..51fd75aba3044144fe44d9c647b65ccb4bf11b4d 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.h
+++ b/thunar/thunar-gio-extensions.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ GFile    *thunar_g_file_new_for_user_special_dir (GUserDirectory        dir);
                                                                       
 gboolean  thunar_g_file_is_root                  (GFile                *file);
 gboolean  thunar_g_file_is_trashed               (GFile                *file);
+gboolean  thunar_g_file_is_home                  (GFile                *file);
 gboolean  thunar_g_file_is_desktop               (GFile                *file);
                                                                       
 GKeyFile *thunar_g_file_query_key_file           (GFile                *file,