diff --git a/ui/embeddedfilesdialog.cpp b/ui/embeddedfilesdialog.cpp
index 8947fb37a..4e8a94027 100644
--- a/ui/embeddedfilesdialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/embeddedfilesdialog.cpp
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QTreeWidget>
 
-#include <kfiledialog.h>
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <kicon.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
-#include <kmessagebox.h>
 #include <kmimetype.h>
+#include <kstandardguiitem.h>
 
 #include "core/document.h"
+#include "guiutils.h"
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( Okular::EmbeddedFile* )
 
@@ -118,23 +118,7 @@ void EmbeddedFilesDialog::attachViewContextMenu( const QPoint& /*pos*/ )
 
 void EmbeddedFilesDialog::saveFile( Okular::EmbeddedFile* ef )
 {
-    QString path = KFileDialog::getSaveFileName( ef->name(), QString(), this, i18n( "Where do you want to save %1?", ef->name() ) );
-    if ( path.isEmpty() )
-        return;
-
-    QFile f(path);
-    if ( !f.exists() || KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel( this, i18n( "A file named \"%1\" already exists. Are you sure you want to overwrite it?", path ), QString(), KGuiItem( i18n( "Overwrite" ) ) ) == KMessageBox::Continue )
-    {
-        if (f.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly ))
-        {
-            f.write( ef->data() );
-            f.close();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            KMessageBox::error( this, i18n( "Could not open \"%1\" for writing. File was not saved.", path ) );
-        }
-    }
+    GuiUtils::saveEmbeddedFile( ef, this );
 }
 
 #include "embeddedfilesdialog.moc"
diff --git a/ui/guiutils.cpp b/ui/guiutils.cpp
index 0dc6815f7..e761126fb 100644
--- a/ui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/ui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@
 
 // qt/kde includes
 #include <qtextdocument.h>
+#include <kfiledialog.h>
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <kiconloader.h>
 #include <klocale.h>
+#include <kmessagebox.h>
 
 // local includes
 #include "core/annotations.h"
+#include "core/document.h"
 
 struct GuiUtilsHelper
 {
@@ -160,4 +163,26 @@ KIconLoader* iconLoader()
     return s_data->il ? s_data->il : KIconLoader::global();
 }
 
+void saveEmbeddedFile( Okular::EmbeddedFile *ef, QWidget *parent )
+{
+    const QString caption = i18n( "Where do you want to save %1?", ef->name() );
+    const QString path = KFileDialog::getSaveFileName( ef->name(), QString(), parent, caption );
+    if ( path.isEmpty() )
+        return;
+
+    QFile f( path );
+    if ( !f.exists() || KMessageBox::warningContinueCancel( parent, i18n( "A file named \"%1\" already exists. Are you sure you want to overwrite it?", path ), QString(), KGuiItem( i18n( "Overwrite" ) ) ) == KMessageBox::Continue )
+    {
+        if ( f.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly ) )
+        {
+            f.write( ef->data() );
+            f.close();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            KMessageBox::error( parent, i18n( "Could not open \"%1\" for writing. File was not saved.", path ) );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/ui/guiutils.h b/ui/guiutils.h
index 876822065..3cdb540c1 100644
--- a/ui/guiutils.h
+++ b/ui/guiutils.h
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QString>
 
+class QWidget;
 class KIconLoader;
 
 namespace Okular {
 class Annotation;
+class EmbeddedFile;
 }
 
 namespace GuiUtils
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ namespace GuiUtils
 
     void setIconLoader( KIconLoader * loader );
     KIconLoader* iconLoader();
+
+    void saveEmbeddedFile( Okular::EmbeddedFile *ef, QWidget *parent );
 }