diff --git a/plume-common/src/utils.rs b/plume-common/src/utils.rs
index 37045d5a..4b76864b 100644
--- a/plume-common/src/utils.rs
+++ b/plume-common/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use activitystreams::iri_string::percent_encode::PercentEncodedForIri;
+use heck::ToUpperCamelCase;
 use openssl::rand::rand_bytes;
 use pulldown_cmark::{html, CodeBlockKind, CowStr, Event, LinkType, Options, Parser, Tag};
 use regex_syntax::is_word_character;
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ pub fn iri_percent_encode_seg(segment: &str) -> String {
     PercentEncodedForIri::from_path_segment(segment).to_string()
 }
 
+pub fn make_fqn(name: &str) -> String {
+    name.to_upper_camel_case()
+        .chars()
+        .filter(|c| c.is_alphanumeric())
+        .collect()
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum State {
     Mention,