diff --git a/ion/Makefile b/ion/Makefile
index c61f8e087..e123b4595 100644
--- a/ion/Makefile
+++ b/ion/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ initializer_list = $(shell echo $(1) | sed  "s/\(.\)/'\1',/g")0
 ion/src/shared/platform_info.o: SFLAGS += -DPATCH_LEVEL="$(call initializer_list,$(PATCH_LEVEL))" -DEPSILON_VERSION="$(call initializer_list,$(EPSILON_VERSION))"
 
 objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
+  crc32_padded.o\
   events.o \
   platform_info.o \
   storage.o \
diff --git a/ion/src/blackbox/Makefile b/ion/src/blackbox/Makefile
index e65cecac8..931d9f7b2 100644
--- a/ion/src/blackbox/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/blackbox/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
   console_line.o \
   console_stdio.o \
   crc32.o \
+  crc32_padded.o \
   events.o \
   power.o \
   random.o \
diff --git a/ion/src/device/Makefile b/ion/src/device/Makefile
index 91ecd5569..3d243bd47 100644
--- a/ion/src/device/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/device/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ion/src/shared/platform_info.o: SFLAGS += -DHEADER_SECTION="__attribute__((secti
 
 objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
   console_line.o \
+  crc32_padded.o\
   events_modifier.o \
 )
 
diff --git a/ion/src/emscripten/Makefile b/ion/src/emscripten/Makefile
index 67085a188..69b2d5d1f 100644
--- a/ion/src/emscripten/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/emscripten/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ objs += $(addprefix ion/src/emscripten/, \
 
 objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
   crc32.o \
+  crc32_padded.o \
   events.o \
   events_modifier.o \
   power.o \
diff --git a/ion/src/shared/crc32.cpp b/ion/src/shared/crc32.cpp
index df2c5ef04..8f9f50a6b 100644
--- a/ion/src/shared/crc32.cpp
+++ b/ion/src/shared/crc32.cpp
@@ -23,26 +23,3 @@ uint32_t Ion::crc32(const uint32_t * data, size_t length) {
   }
   return crc;
 }
-
-uint32_t Ion::crc32PaddedString(const char * s, int length) {
-  /* s is a char array. Its length in Bytes is not necessarily a multiple of 4.
-   * However, crc32 method awaits input in a form of uint32_t table. To limit
-   * the use of additional memory, we compute 2 crc32:
-   * - one corresponding to s with a byte length truncated to be a multiple of 4
-   * - the other corresponds to the remaining chars in s padded with 0 to be 4
-   *   bytes long
-   * The CRC32 of s is the crc32 of both. */
-
-  // CRC32 of the truncated string
-  uint32_t c[2] = {0, 0};
-  size_t crc32TruncatedInputSize = length*sizeof(char)/sizeof(uint32_t);
-  c[0] = Ion::crc32((const uint32_t *)s, crc32TruncatedInputSize);
-
-  // CRC32 of the tail of the string
-  uint32_t tailName = 0;
-  size_t tailLength = length - crc32TruncatedInputSize*sizeof(uint32_t)/sizeof(char);
-  strlcpy((char *)&tailName, s+crc32TruncatedInputSize*sizeof(uint32_t)/sizeof(char), tailLength+1); //+1 because strlcpy assures null termination
-  c[1] = Ion::crc32(&tailName, 1);
-
-  return Ion::crc32((const uint32_t *)c, 2);
-}
diff --git a/ion/src/shared/crc32_padded.cpp b/ion/src/shared/crc32_padded.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47975758f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ion/src/shared/crc32_padded.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <ion.h>
+
+uint32_t Ion::crc32PaddedString(const char * s, int length) {
+  /* s is a char array. Its length in Bytes is not necessarily a multiple of 4.
+   * However, crc32 method awaits input in a form of uint32_t table. To limit
+   * the use of additional memory, we compute 2 crc32:
+   * - one corresponding to s with a byte length truncated to be a multiple of 4
+   * - the other corresponds to the remaining chars in s padded with 0 to be 4
+   *   bytes long
+   * The CRC32 of s is the crc32 of both. */
+
+  // CRC32 of the truncated string
+  uint32_t c[2] = {0, 0};
+  size_t crc32TruncatedInputSize = length*sizeof(char)/sizeof(uint32_t);
+  c[0] = Ion::crc32((const uint32_t *)s, crc32TruncatedInputSize);
+
+  // CRC32 of the tail of the string
+  uint32_t tailName = 0;
+  size_t tailLength = length - crc32TruncatedInputSize*sizeof(uint32_t)/sizeof(char);
+  strlcpy((char *)&tailName, s+crc32TruncatedInputSize*sizeof(uint32_t)/sizeof(char), tailLength+1); //+1 because strlcpy assures null termination
+  c[1] = Ion::crc32(&tailName, 1);
+
+  return Ion::crc32((const uint32_t *)c, 2);
+}
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/Makefile b/ion/src/simulator/Makefile
index f9965da9f..dc4a9d250 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/Makefile
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ objs += $(addprefix ion/src/simulator/keyboard/, fltkkbd.o)
 
 objs += $(addprefix ion/src/shared/, \
   crc32.o \
+  crc32_padded.o \
   console_line.o \
   console_stdio.o \
   events_modifier.o \