diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/Slice.h b/src/ripple/basics/Slice.h
index 51a40cc701..15c39305fc 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/Slice.h
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/Slice.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <beast/cxx14/type_traits.h> // <type_traits>
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ make_Slice (std::basic_string<char, Traits, Alloc> const& s)
     return Slice(s.data(), s.size());
 }
 
+std::string
+strHex (Slice const& slice);
+
 } // ripple
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/impl/strHex.cpp b/src/ripple/basics/impl/strHex.cpp
index dec02640f4..6a83423385 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/impl/strHex.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/impl/strHex.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 //==============================================================================
 
 #include <BeastConfig.h>
+#include <ripple/basics/Slice.h>
+#include <ripple/basics/strHex.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace ripple {
@@ -50,4 +52,10 @@ int charUnHex (unsigned char c)
     return xtab[c];
 }
 
+std::string
+strHex(Slice const& slice)
+{
+    return strHex(slice.data(), slice.size());
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/ripple/basics/strHex.h b/src/ripple/basics/strHex.h
index ea58f8014e..3c14ea3939 100644
--- a/src/ripple/basics/strHex.h
+++ b/src/ripple/basics/strHex.h
@@ -64,22 +64,18 @@ charUnHex (char c)
 
 // NIKB TODO cleanup this function and reduce the need for the many overloads
 //           it has in various places.
-template<class Iterator>
-std::string strHex (Iterator first, int iSize)
+template<class FwdIt>
+std::string strHex (FwdIt first, int size)
 {
-    std::string strDst;
-
-    strDst.resize (iSize * 2);
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < iSize; i++)
+    std::string s;
+    s.resize (size * 2);
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
     {
         unsigned char c = *first++;
-
-        strDst[i * 2]     = charHex (c >> 4);
-        strDst[i * 2 + 1] = charHex (c & 15);
+        s[i * 2]     = charHex (c >> 4);
+        s[i * 2 + 1] = charHex (c & 15);
     }
-
-    return strDst;
+    return s;
 }
 
 }