diff --git a/libqdutils/display_config.cpp b/libqdutils/display_config.cpp
index 087ef0b..a4381df 100644
--- a/libqdutils/display_config.cpp
+++ b/libqdutils/display_config.cpp
@@ -280,4 +280,13 @@
     return err;
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Screen refresh for native daemons linking dynamically to libqdutils
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+extern "C" int refreshScreen() {
+  int ret = 0;
+  ret = screenRefresh();
+  return ret;
+}
+
 }// namespace