diff --git a/include/NebulaUtil.h b/include/NebulaUtil.h
index 6aca1ecfba..db851d0e60 100644
--- a/include/NebulaUtil.h
+++ b/include/NebulaUtil.h
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ namespace one_util
             const std::string& st,
             char delim,
             bool clean_empty=true);
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a string from the given float, using fixed notation. If the
+     * number has any decimals, they will be truncated to 2.
+     *
+     * @param num
+     * @return
+     */
+    std::string float_to_str(const float &num);
 };
 
 #endif /* _NEBULA_UTIL_H_ */
diff --git a/include/Quota.h b/include/Quota.h
index 9f83bdeda6..4707db5206 100644
--- a/include/Quota.h
+++ b/include/Quota.h
@@ -207,15 +207,6 @@ protected:
      */
     void cleanup_quota(const string& qid);
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a string from the given float, using fixed notation. If the
-     * number has any decimals, they will be truncated to 2.
-     *
-     * @param num
-     * @return
-     */
-    string float_to_str(const float &num);
-
 private:
     /**
      *  Creates an empty quota based on the given attribute. The attribute va
diff --git a/src/common/NebulaUtil.cc b/src/common/NebulaUtil.cc
index 78dc8e301f..7c47e2c5b9 100644
--- a/src/common/NebulaUtil.cc
+++ b/src/common/NebulaUtil.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <math.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -238,3 +239,24 @@ vector<string> one_util::split(const string& st, char delim, bool clean_empty)
 
     return parts;
 }
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+string one_util::float_to_str(const float &num)
+{
+    ostringstream oss;
+
+    if ( num == ceil(num) )
+    {
+        oss.precision(0);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        oss.precision(2);
+    }
+
+    oss << fixed << num;
+
+    return oss.str();
+}
diff --git a/src/um/Quota.cc b/src/um/Quota.cc
index 9dbac0b2fc..397e04058c 100644
--- a/src/um/Quota.cc
+++ b/src/um/Quota.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "Quota.h"
-#include <math.h>
+#include "NebulaUtil.h"
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void Quota::add_to_quota(VectorAttribute * attr, const string& va_name, float nu
 
     total += num;
 
-    attr->replace(va_name, float_to_str(total));
+    attr->replace(va_name, one_util::float_to_str(total));
 }
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ int Quota::update_limits(
             return -1;
         }
 
-        quota->replace(metrics[i], float_to_str(limit_f));
+        quota->replace(metrics[i], one_util::float_to_str(limit_f));
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ VectorAttribute * Quota::new_quota(VectorAttribute * va)
             return 0;
         }
 
-        limits.insert(make_pair(metrics[i], float_to_str(limit_f)));
+        limits.insert(make_pair(metrics[i], one_util::float_to_str(limit_f)));
         limits.insert(make_pair(metrics_used, "0"));
     }
 
@@ -444,24 +444,3 @@ VectorAttribute * Quota::new_quota(VectorAttribute * va)
 
     return new VectorAttribute(template_name,limits);
 }
-
-/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-string Quota::float_to_str(const float &num)
-{
-    ostringstream oss;
-
-    if ( num == ceil(num) )
-    {
-        oss.precision(0);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        oss.precision(2);
-    }
-
-    oss << fixed << num;
-
-    return oss.str();
-}