diff --git a/decode.c b/decode.c
index 58ba396a4..7bb88d94e 100644
--- a/decode.c
+++ b/decode.c
@@ -850,7 +850,6 @@ PyImaging_Jpeg2KDecoderNew(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
     int layers = 0;
     int fd = -1;
     PY_LONG_LONG length = -1;
-    PyObject * py_fd;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss|iiiL", &mode, &format,
                           &reduce, &layers, &fd, &length))
@@ -886,60 +885,3 @@ PyImaging_Jpeg2KDecoderNew(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_OPENJPEG */
 
-Py_ssize_t 
-_imaging_read_pyFd(PyObject *fd, char* dest, Py_ssize_t bytes)
-{
-    /* dest should be a buffer bytes long, returns length of read
-       -1 on error */
-
-    PyObject *result;
-    char *buffer;
-    Py_ssize_t length;
-    int bytes_result;
-
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "read", "n", bytes);
-
-    bytes_result = PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(result, &buffer, &length);
-    if (bytes_result == -1) { 
-        goto err;
-    }
-    
-    if (length > bytes) {
-        goto err;
-    }
-    
-    memcpy(dest, buffer, length); 
-
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-    return length;
-
- err:
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-    return -1;  
-      
-}
-
-int
-_imaging_seek_pyFd(PyObject *fd, Py_ssize_t offset, int whence)
-{
-    PyObject *result;
-    
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "seek", "ni", offset, whence);
-
-    Py_DECREF(result);   
-    return 0;
-
-}
-
-Py_ssize_t
-_imaging_tell_pyFd(PyObject *fd)
-{
-    PyObject *result;
-    Py_ssize_t location;
-    
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "tell", NULL);
-    location = PyInt_AsSsize_t(result);
-
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-    return location;
-}
diff --git a/encode.c b/encode.c
index 62faf86ff..b08a9aa57 100644
--- a/encode.c
+++ b/encode.c
@@ -1032,25 +1032,6 @@ PyImaging_Jpeg2KEncoderNew(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
 #endif
 
-Py_ssize_t 
-_imaging_write_pyFd(PyObject *fd, char* src, Py_ssize_t bytes)
-{
-
-    PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *byteObj;
-        
-    byteObj = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(src, bytes);
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "write", "O", byteObj);
-
-    Py_DECREF(byteObj);
-    Py_DECREF(result);
-
-    return bytes;
-      
-}
-
-
-
 /*
  * Local Variables:
  * c-basic-offset: 4
diff --git a/libImaging/codec_fd.c b/libImaging/codec_fd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33954ece0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libImaging/codec_fd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "Imaging.h"
+#include "../py3.h"
+
+
+Py_ssize_t 
+_imaging_read_pyFd(PyObject *fd, char* dest, Py_ssize_t bytes)
+{
+    /* dest should be a buffer bytes long, returns length of read
+       -1 on error */
+
+    PyObject *result;
+    char *buffer;
+    Py_ssize_t length;
+    int bytes_result;
+
+    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "read", "n", bytes);
+
+    bytes_result = PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(result, &buffer, &length);
+    if (bytes_result == -1) { 
+        goto err;
+    }
+    
+    if (length > bytes) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+    
+    memcpy(dest, buffer, length); 
+
+    Py_DECREF(result);
+    return length;
+
+ err:
+    Py_DECREF(result);
+    return -1;  
+      
+}
+
+Py_ssize_t 
+_imaging_write_pyFd(PyObject *fd, char* src, Py_ssize_t bytes)
+{
+
+    PyObject *result;
+    PyObject *byteObj;
+        
+    byteObj = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(src, bytes);
+    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "write", "O", byteObj);
+
+    Py_DECREF(byteObj);
+    Py_DECREF(result);
+
+    return bytes;
+      
+}
+
+int
+_imaging_seek_pyFd(PyObject *fd, Py_ssize_t offset, int whence)
+{
+    PyObject *result;
+    
+    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "seek", "ni", offset, whence);
+
+    Py_DECREF(result);   
+    return 0;
+
+}
+
+Py_ssize_t
+_imaging_tell_pyFd(PyObject *fd)
+{
+    PyObject *result;
+    Py_ssize_t location;
+    
+    result = PyObject_CallMethod(fd, "tell", NULL);
+    location = PyInt_AsSsize_t(result);
+
+    Py_DECREF(result);
+    return location;
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf1407282..bf9adb718 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ _LIB_IMAGING = (
     "RankFilter", "RawDecode", "RawEncode", "Storage", "SunRleDecode",
     "TgaRleDecode", "Unpack", "UnpackYCC", "UnsharpMask", "XbmDecode",
     "XbmEncode", "ZipDecode", "ZipEncode", "TiffDecode", "Jpeg2KDecode",
-    "Jpeg2KEncode", "BoxBlur", "QuantPngQuant")
+    "Jpeg2KEncode", "BoxBlur", "QuantPngQuant", "codec_fd")
 
 DEBUG = False