diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Utils.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Utils.h
index 3324187e723..5ba28e173da 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Utils.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Utils.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 namespace Web::DOM {
 
 // https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#retarget
-template<typename T>
-T* retarget(T* a, T* b)
+inline EventTarget* retarget_impl(EventTarget* a, EventTarget* b)
 {
     // To retarget an object A against an object B, repeat these steps until they return an object:
     for (;;) {
@@ -39,4 +38,11 @@ T* retarget(T* a, T* b)
     }
 }
 
+// https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#retarget
+template<typename T>
+T* retarget(T* a, T* b)
+{
+    return static_cast<T*>(retarget_impl(a, b));
+}
+
 }