diff --git a/src/msg/xio/XioPool.cc b/src/msg/xio/XioPool.cc
index 8b13c5bbe63..5f0d77a27b6 100644
--- a/src/msg/xio/XioPool.cc
+++ b/src/msg/xio/XioPool.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include "XioPool.h"
 
 XioPoolStats xp_stats;
@@ -19,4 +20,22 @@ XioPoolStats xp_stats;
 bool XioPool::trace_mempool = 0;
 bool XioPool::trace_msgcnt = 0;
 
-
+void XioPoolStats::dump(const char* tag, uint64_t serial)
+{
+  std::cout
+    << tag << " #" << serial << ": "
+    << "pool objs: "
+    << "64: " << ctr_set[SLAB_64].read() << " "
+    << "256: " << ctr_set[SLAB_256].read() << " "
+    << "1024: " << ctr_set[SLAB_1024].read() << " "
+    << "page: " << ctr_set[SLAB_PAGE].read() << " "
+    << "max: " << ctr_set[SLAB_MAX].read() << " "
+    << "overflow: " << ctr_set[SLAB_OVERFLOW].read() << " "
+    << std::endl;
+  std::cout
+    << tag << " #" << serial << ": "
+    << " msg objs: "
+    << "in: " << hook_cnt.read() << " "
+    << "out: " << msg_cnt.read() << " "
+    << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/src/msg/xio/XioPool.h b/src/msg/xio/XioPool.h
index cd74803eae0..c8e7b87a76b 100644
--- a/src/msg/xio/XioPool.h
+++ b/src/msg/xio/XioPool.h
@@ -107,24 +107,7 @@ public:
     }
   }
 
-  void dump(const char* tag, uint64_t serial) {
-    std::cout
-      << tag << " #" << serial << ": "
-      << "pool objs: "
-      << "64: " << ctr_set[SLAB_64].read() << " "
-      << "256: " << ctr_set[SLAB_256].read() << " "
-      << "1024: " << ctr_set[SLAB_1024].read() << " "
-      << "page: " << ctr_set[SLAB_PAGE].read() << " "
-      << "max: " << ctr_set[SLAB_MAX].read() << " "
-      << "overflow: " << ctr_set[SLAB_OVERFLOW].read() << " "
-      << std::endl;
-    std::cout
-      << tag << " #" << serial << ": "
-      << " msg objs: "
-      << "in: " << hook_cnt.read() << " "
-      << "out: " << msg_cnt.read() << " "
-      << std::endl;
-  }
+  void dump(const char* tag, uint64_t serial);
 
   void inc(uint64_t size) {
     if (size <= 64) {