diff --git a/putty.h b/putty.h
index 6132327f..f51ce449 100644
--- a/putty.h
+++ b/putty.h
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ struct unicode_data {
 #define LGTYP_PACKETS 3                /* logmode: SSH data packets */
 #define LGTYP_SSHRAW 4                 /* logmode: SSH raw data */
 
+/* Platform-generic function to set up a struct unicode_data. This is
+ * only likely to be useful to test programs; real clients will want
+ * to use the more flexible per-platform setup functions. */
+void init_ucs_generic(Conf *conf, struct unicode_data *ucsdata);
+
 /*
  * Enumeration of 'special commands' that can be sent during a
  * session, separately from the byte stream of ordinary session data.
diff --git a/test/fuzzterm.c b/test/fuzzterm.c
index ae838651..291ded6c 100644
--- a/test/fuzzterm.c
+++ b/test/fuzzterm.c
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     conf = conf_new();
     do_defaults(NULL, conf);
-    init_ucs(&ucsdata, conf_get_str(conf, CONF_line_codepage),
-             conf_get_bool(conf, CONF_utf8_override),
-             CS_NONE, conf_get_int(conf, CONF_vtmode));
+    init_ucs_generic(conf, &ucsdata);
 
     term = term_init(conf, &ucsdata, &termwin);
     term_size(term, 24, 80, 10000);
diff --git a/unix/unicode.c b/unix/unicode.c
index a98c8d3b..7be64a53 100644
--- a/unix/unicode.c
+++ b/unix/unicode.c
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ bool init_ucs(struct unicode_data *ucsdata, char *linecharset,
     return ret;
 }
 
+void init_ucs_generic(Conf *conf, struct unicode_data *ucsdata)
+{
+    init_ucs(ucsdata, conf_get_str(conf, CONF_line_codepage),
+             conf_get_bool(conf, CONF_utf8_override),
+             CS_NONE, conf_get_int(conf, CONF_vtmode));
+}
+
 const char *cp_name(int codepage)
 {
     if (codepage == CS_NONE)
diff --git a/windows/unicode.c b/windows/unicode.c
index 4b18ef56..26ffcb6f 100644
--- a/windows/unicode.c
+++ b/windows/unicode.c
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ void init_ucs(Conf *conf, struct unicode_data *ucsdata)
     }
 }
 
+void init_ucs_generic(Conf *conf, struct unicode_data *ucsdata)
+{
+    init_ucs(conf, ucsdata);
+}
+
 static void link_font(WCHAR *line_tbl, WCHAR *font_tbl, WCHAR attr)
 {
     int font_index, line_index, i;