diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/experimental/pipes.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/experimental/pipes.hpp
index 76b0acf7c8d42..4313673f49082 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/experimental/pipes.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/intel/experimental/pipes.hpp
@@ -46,10 +46,41 @@ class pipe_base {
   pipe_base() = default;
   ~pipe_base() = default;
 
+  __SYCL_EXPORT static sycl::detail::string
+  get_pipe_name_impl(const void *HostPipePtr);
+
+#ifdef __INTEL_PREVIEW_BREAKING_CHANGES
+  static std::string get_pipe_name(const void *HostPipePtr) {
+    return {get_pipe_name_impl(HostPipePtr).c_str()};
+  }
+#else
   __SYCL_EXPORT static std::string get_pipe_name(const void *HostPipePtr);
+#endif
+
   __SYCL_EXPORT static bool wait_non_blocking(const event &E);
 };
 
+#ifndef __INTEL_PREVIEW_BREAKING_CHANGES
+// We want all "new" uses/recompilation to use the "inline" version, yet we
+// still need to provide an exported symbol for the code that was compiled
+// before that. Make sure we use "inline" everywhere except when compiling
+// `pipes.cpp` so that we'd still provide this backward-compatibility ABI symbol
+// via `pipes.cpp` TU.
+#ifdef __SYCL_PIPES_CPP
+// Magic combination found by trial and error:
+__SYCL_EXPORT
+#ifdef WIN32
+inline
+#endif
+#else
+inline
+#endif
+    std::string
+    pipe_base::get_pipe_name(const void *HostPipePtr) {
+  return {get_pipe_name_impl(HostPipePtr).c_str()};
+}
+#endif
+
 template <class _name, class _dataT, int32_t _min_capacity = 0,
           class _propertiesT = decltype(oneapi::experimental::properties{}),
           class = void>
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/pipes.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/pipes.cpp
index 99b0d292676ff..42884e7aaa77f 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/pipes.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/pipes.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#ifndef __INTEL_PREVIEW_BREAKING_CHANGES
+#define __SYCL_PIPES_CPP
+#endif
+
 #include <detail/event_impl.hpp>
 #include <detail/host_pipe_map_entry.hpp>
 #include <detail/program_manager/program_manager.hpp>
@@ -16,11 +20,11 @@ inline namespace _V1 {
 namespace ext {
 namespace intel {
 namespace experimental {
-
-__SYCL_EXPORT std::string pipe_base::get_pipe_name(const void *HostPipePtr) {
-  return sycl::_V1::detail::ProgramManager::getInstance()
-      .getHostPipeEntry(HostPipePtr)
-      ->MUniqueId;
+__SYCL_EXPORT sycl::detail::string
+pipe_base::get_pipe_name_impl(const void *HostPipePtr) {
+  return {std::string_view{sycl::_V1::detail::ProgramManager::getInstance()
+                               .getHostPipeEntry(HostPipePtr)
+                               ->MUniqueId}};
 }
 
 __SYCL_EXPORT bool pipe_base::wait_non_blocking(const event &E) {
diff --git a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
index a5134a7a524ca..27bfeeed383b4 100644
--- a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
+++ b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_linux.dump
@@ -2989,6 +2989,7 @@ _ZN4sycl3_V13ext5intel12experimental15online_compilerILNS3_15source_languageE0EE
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext5intel12experimental15online_compilerILNS3_15source_languageE1EE7compileIJSt6vectorINSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEESaISE_EEEEES8_IhSaIhEERKSE_DpRKT_
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext5intel12experimental9pipe_base13get_pipe_nameB5cxx11EPKv
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext5intel12experimental9pipe_base17wait_non_blockingERKNS0_5eventE
+_ZN4sycl3_V13ext5intel12experimental9pipe_base18get_pipe_name_implEPKv
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext6oneapi10level_zero6detail11make_deviceERKNS0_8platformEm
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext6oneapi12experimental10mem_adviseENS0_5queueEPvmiRKNS0_6detail13code_locationE
 _ZN4sycl3_V13ext6oneapi12experimental12create_imageENS3_16image_mem_handleERKNS3_16image_descriptorERKNS0_5queueE
diff --git a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_windows.dump b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_windows.dump
index a6e6a5e47c137..30c43c656f27b 100644
--- a/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_windows.dump
+++ b/sycl/test/abi/sycl_symbols_windows.dump
@@ -4055,6 +4055,7 @@
 ?get_nodes@modifiable_command_graph@detail@experimental@oneapi@ext@_V1@sycl@@QEBA?AV?$vector@Vnode@experimental@oneapi@ext@_V1@sycl@@V?$allocator@Vnode@experimental@oneapi@ext@_V1@sycl@@@std@@@std@@XZ
 ?get_num_channels@image_mem@experimental@oneapi@ext@_V1@sycl@@QEBAIXZ
 ?get_pipe_name@pipe_base@experimental@intel@ext@_V1@sycl@@KA?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@PEBX@Z
+?get_pipe_name_impl@pipe_base@experimental@intel@ext@_V1@sycl@@KA?AVstring@detail@56@PEBX@Z
 ?get_pitch@image_plain@detail@_V1@sycl@@IEBA?AV?$range@$01@34@XZ
 ?get_platform@context@_V1@sycl@@QEBA?AVplatform@23@XZ
 ?get_platform@device@_V1@sycl@@QEBA?AVplatform@23@XZ