diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
index 746314719cb..957568bd288 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static bool hasPrefix(const std::string& str, const std::string& prefix) {
  * "top" prefix. E.g. "eventName" becomes "topEventName", "onEventName" also
  * becomes "topEventName".
  */
-static std::string normalizeEventType(std::string type) {
+/* static */ std::string EventEmitter::normalizeEventType(std::string type) {
   auto prefixedType = std::move(type);
   if (facebook::react::hasPrefix(prefixedType, "top")) {
     return prefixedType;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
index e078a95f7e6..653e8b8c7cb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class EventEmitter {
  public:
   using Shared = std::shared_ptr<const EventEmitter>;
 
+  static std::string normalizeEventType(std::string type);
+
   static std::mutex& DispatchMutex();
 
   static ValueFactory defaultPayloadFactory();