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diff --git a/src/ui/builder-utils.cpp b/src/ui/builder-utils.cpp
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#include "builder-utils.h"
+#include "io/resource.h"
+
+namespace Inkscape {
+namespace UI {
+
+Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> create_builder(const char* filename) {
+    auto glade = Inkscape::IO::Resource::get_filename(Inkscape::IO::Resource::UIS, filename);
+    Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> builder;
+    try {
+        return Gtk::Builder::create_from_file(glade);
+    }
+    catch (Glib::Error& ex) {
+        g_error("Cannot load glade file: %s", ex.what().c_str());
+        throw;
+    }
+}
+
+}} // namespace