diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..962d0ca5645f382770c091e9aa82ea9ca68a726f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2013 The WebM project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#include "vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h"
+
+size_t vp9_rb_bytes_written(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb) {
+  return wb->bit_offset / CHAR_BIT + (wb->bit_offset % CHAR_BIT > 0);
+}
+
+void vp9_wb_write_bit(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb, int bit) {
+  const int off = (int)wb->bit_offset;
+  const int p = off / CHAR_BIT;
+  const int q = CHAR_BIT - 1 - off % CHAR_BIT;
+  if (q == CHAR_BIT -1) {
+    wb->bit_buffer[p] = bit << q;
+  } else {
+    wb->bit_buffer[p] &= ~(1 << q);
+    wb->bit_buffer[p] |= bit << q;
+  }
+  wb->bit_offset = off + 1;
+}
+
+void vp9_wb_write_literal(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb, int data, int bits) {
+  int bit;
+  for (bit = bits - 1; bit >= 0; bit--)
+    vp9_wb_write_bit(wb, (data >> bit) & 1);
+}
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h
index 1795e05e4876f3d27c21351890a73d66258ceaa3..073608d7f9fbc67a3dacf8305131d15042ea4c82 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h
@@ -24,29 +24,11 @@ struct vp9_write_bit_buffer {
   size_t bit_offset;
 };
 
-static size_t vp9_rb_bytes_written(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb) {
-  return wb->bit_offset / CHAR_BIT + (wb->bit_offset % CHAR_BIT > 0);
-}
-
-static void vp9_wb_write_bit(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb, int bit) {
-  const int off = (int)wb->bit_offset;
-  const int p = off / CHAR_BIT;
-  const int q = CHAR_BIT - 1 - off % CHAR_BIT;
-  if (q == CHAR_BIT -1) {
-    wb->bit_buffer[p] = bit << q;
-  } else {
-    wb->bit_buffer[p] &= ~(1 << q);
-    wb->bit_buffer[p] |= bit << q;
-  }
-  wb->bit_offset = off + 1;
-}
-
-static void vp9_wb_write_literal(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb,
-                              int data, int bits) {
-  int bit;
-  for (bit = bits - 1; bit >= 0; bit--)
-    vp9_wb_write_bit(wb, (data >> bit) & 1);
-}
+size_t vp9_rb_bytes_written(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb);
+
+void vp9_wb_write_bit(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb, int bit);
+
+void vp9_wb_write_literal(struct vp9_write_bit_buffer *wb, int data, int bits);
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/vp9/vp9cx.mk b/vp9/vp9cx.mk
index a61f737aaaf67bc38eaf8dc84c0316a20a4187e3..3b0d49205b762fa4a44af9d34b60f2aa6bdbe499 100644
--- a/vp9/vp9cx.mk
+++ b/vp9/vp9cx.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_block.h
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_writer.h
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_writer.c
+VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.c
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_write_bit_buffer.h
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_bitstream.h
 VP9_CX_SRCS-yes += encoder/vp9_encodemb.h