diff --git a/siplib/sip-tqt.h b/siplib/sip-tqt.h
index 8c49068..e3a306f 100644
--- a/siplib/sip-tqt.h
+++ b/siplib/sip-tqt.h
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ typedef struct _sipAPIDef {
             sipAttrGetterFunc getter);
     int (*api_is_api_enabled)(const char *name, int from, int to);
     sipErrorState (*api_bad_callable_arg)(int arg_nr, PyObject *arg);
+    void *(*api_get_address)(sipSimpleWrapper *w);
 
     /*
      * The following are deprecated parts of the public API.
diff --git a/siplib/sipint.h b/siplib/sipint.h
index f229fbe..49fad01 100644
--- a/siplib/sipint.h
+++ b/siplib/sipint.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ PyObject *sip_api_invoke_slot(const sipSlot *slot, PyObject *sigargs);
 void *sip_api_convert_rx(sipWrapper *txSelf, const char *sigargs,
         PyObject *rxObj, const char *slot, const char **memberp, int flags);
 int sip_api_save_slot(sipSlot *sp, PyObject *rxObj, const char *slot);
+void *sip_api_get_address(sipSimpleWrapper *w);
 
 
 /*
@@ -139,8 +140,6 @@ int sipOMRemoveObject(sipObjectMap *om, sipSimpleWrapper *val);
 
 void sipSetBool(void *ptr,int val);
 
-void *sipGetAddress(sipSimpleWrapper *w);
-
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/siplib/siplib.c b/siplib/siplib.c
index 39df89f..242a1cb 100644
--- a/siplib/siplib.c
+++ b/siplib/siplib.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static const sipAPIDef sip_api = {
     sip_api_register_attribute_getter,
     sip_api_is_api_enabled,
     sip_api_bad_callable_arg,
+    sip_api_get_address,
     /*
      * The following are deprecated parts of the public API.
      */
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ static PyObject *dumpWrapper(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 #else
         printf("    Reference count: %d\n", Py_REFCNT(sw));
 #endif
-        printf("    Address of wrapped object: %p\n", sipGetAddress(sw));
+        printf("    Address of wrapped object: %p\n", sip_api_get_address(sw));
         printf("    To be destroyed by: %s\n", (sipIsPyOwned(sw) ? "Python" : "C/C++"));
         printf("    Derived class?: %s\n", (sipIsDerived(sw) ? "yes" : "no"));
 
@@ -1071,7 +1072,7 @@ static PyObject *isDeleted(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!:isdeleted", &sipSimpleWrapper_Type, &sw))
         return NULL;
 
-    res = (sipGetAddress(sw) == NULL ? Py_True : Py_False);
+    res = (sip_api_get_address(sw) == NULL ? Py_True : Py_False);
 
     Py_INCREF(res);
     return res;
@@ -7369,7 +7370,7 @@ static PyObject *sip_api_get_pyobject(void *cppPtr, const sipTypeDef *td)
 /*
  * Return the C/C++ pointer from a wrapper without any checks.
  */
-void *sipGetAddress(sipSimpleWrapper *sw)
+void *sip_api_get_address(sipSimpleWrapper *sw)
 {
     if (sipIsAccessFunc(sw))
         return (*sw->u.afPtr)();
@@ -7416,7 +7417,7 @@ static void *getComplexCppPtr(sipSimpleWrapper *sw, const sipTypeDef *td)
  */
 void *sip_api_get_cpp_ptr(sipSimpleWrapper *sw, const sipTypeDef *td)
 {
-    void *ptr = sipGetAddress(sw);
+    void *ptr = sip_api_get_address(sw);
 
     if (checkPointer(ptr, sw) < 0)
         return NULL;
@@ -9213,7 +9214,7 @@ static int sipWrapper_clear(sipWrapper *self)
     /* Remove any slots connected via a proxy. */
     if (sipTQtSupport != NULL && sipPossibleProxy(sw))
     {
-        void *tx = sipGetAddress(sw);
+        void *tx = sip_api_get_address(sw);
 
         if (tx != NULL)
         {
@@ -9281,7 +9282,7 @@ static int sipWrapper_traverse(sipWrapper *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
     /* This should be handwritten code in PyTQt. */
     if (sipTQtSupport != NULL)
     {
-        void *tx = sipGetAddress(sw);
+        void *tx = sip_api_get_address(sw);
 
         if (tx != NULL)
         {
diff --git a/siplib/tqtlib.c b/siplib/tqtlib.c
index 83e4add..1628c83 100644
--- a/siplib/tqtlib.c
+++ b/siplib/tqtlib.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ PyObject *sip_api_invoke_slot(const sipSlot *slot, PyObject *sigargs)
          * longer exists.
          */
         if (PyObject_TypeCheck(self, (PyTypeObject *)&sipSimpleWrapper_Type) &&
-            sipGetAddress(self) == NULL)
+            sip_api_get_address(self) == NULL)
         {
             Py_XDECREF(sref);
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void *sipGetRx(sipSimpleWrapper *txSelf, const char *sigargs, PyObject *rxObj,
      * The slot was either a Python callable or PyTQt3 Python signal so there
      * should be a universal slot.
      */
-    return sipTQtSupport->qt_find_slot(sipGetAddress(txSelf), sigargs, rxObj, slot, memberp);
+    return sipTQtSupport->qt_find_slot(sip_api_get_address(txSelf), sigargs, rxObj, slot, memberp);
 }