diff --git a/sstables/compaction_strategy.cc b/sstables/compaction_strategy.cc
index cec7014d6b..b42d8a8638 100644
--- a/sstables/compaction_strategy.cc
+++ b/sstables/compaction_strategy.cc
@@ -473,6 +473,14 @@ compaction_strategy_impl::get_reshaping_job(std::vector<shared_sstable> input, s
     return compaction_descriptor();
 }
 
+std::optional<sstring> compaction_strategy_impl::get_value(const std::map<sstring, sstring>& options, const sstring& name) {
+    auto it = options.find(name);
+    if (it == options.end()) {
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    return it->second;
+}
+
 } // namespace sstables
 
 size_tiered_backlog_tracker::inflight_component
diff --git a/sstables/compaction_strategy_impl.hh b/sstables/compaction_strategy_impl.hh
index f5c119e3c8..159dff8a64 100644
--- a/sstables/compaction_strategy_impl.hh
+++ b/sstables/compaction_strategy_impl.hh
@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@ protected:
     float _tombstone_threshold = DEFAULT_TOMBSTONE_THRESHOLD;
     db_clock::duration _tombstone_compaction_interval = DEFAULT_TOMBSTONE_COMPACTION_INTERVAL();
 public:
-    static std::optional<sstring> get_value(const std::map<sstring, sstring>& options, const sstring& name) {
-        auto it = options.find(name);
-        if (it == options.end()) {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-        return it->second;
-    }
+    static std::optional<sstring> get_value(const std::map<sstring, sstring>& options, const sstring& name);
 protected:
     compaction_strategy_impl() = default;
     explicit compaction_strategy_impl(const std::map<sstring, sstring>& options) {