diff --git a/include/vcl/builderbase.hxx b/include/vcl/builderbase.hxx
index a3ca6e4f673c..3c9ab89b9110 100644
--- a/include/vcl/builderbase.hxx
+++ b/include/vcl/builderbase.hxx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <vcl/dllapi.h>
 #include <vcl/EnumContext.hxx>
 
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
+
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ protected:
 
     virtual void resetParserState();
 
+    static void reportException(const css::uno::Exception& rExcept);
+
 private:
     struct ParserState
     {
diff --git a/include/vcl/widgetbuilder.hxx b/include/vcl/widgetbuilder.hxx
index b0ea18da1a47..54d3d89c4d4f 100644
--- a/include/vcl/widgetbuilder.hxx
+++ b/include/vcl/widgetbuilder.hxx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/diagnose_ex.hxx>
-#include <desktop/crashreport.hxx>
 #include <sal/log.hxx>
 #include <vcl/builderbase.hxx>
 #include <xmlreader/span.hxx>
@@ -52,9 +51,7 @@ protected:
         catch (const css::uno::Exception& rExcept)
         {
             TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("vcl.builder", "Unable to read .ui file " << getUIFileUrl());
-            CrashReporter::addKeyValue(u"VclBuilderException"_ustr,
-                                       "Unable to read .ui file: " + rExcept.Message,
-                                       CrashReporter::Write);
+            reportException(rExcept);
             assert(false && "missing ui file or missing gb_CppunitTest_use_uiconfigs dependency");
             throw;
         }
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx b/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
index 9ca9be6e7e49..8000b7c565fd 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #include <PriorityHBox.hxx>
 #include <window.h>
 #include <xmlreader/xmlreader.hxx>
+#include <desktop/crashreport.hxx>
 #include <calendar.hxx>
 #include <menutogglebutton.hxx>
 #include <salinst.hxx>
@@ -442,6 +443,13 @@ namespace weld
     }
 }
 
+// static
+void BuilderBase::reportException(const css::uno::Exception& rExcept)
+{
+    CrashReporter::addKeyValue(u"VclBuilderException"_ustr,
+                               "Unable to read .ui file: " + rExcept.Message, CrashReporter::Write);
+}
+
 BuilderBase::BuilderBase(std::u16string_view sUIDir, const OUString& rUIFile, bool bLegacy)
     : m_pParserState(new ParserState)
     , m_sUIFileUrl(sUIDir + rUIFile)