diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index e12f861fc9..d8fa9de101 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ OBJ += frontend/frontend.o \
 		configuration.o \
 		settings_list.o \
 		settings.o \
-		dylib.o \
+		libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.o \
 		dynamic.o \
 		dynamic_dummy.o \
 		libretro-common/queues/message_queue.o \
diff --git a/dylib.c b/dylib.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fafa584d0..0000000000
--- a/dylib.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2015 - Daniel De Matteis
- *
- *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
- *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
- *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <string.h>
-#include "dylib.h"
-
-#ifdef NEED_DYNAMIC
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
-#else
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#endif
-
-/**
- * dylib_load:
- * @path                         : Path to libretro core library.
- *
- * Platform independent dylib loading.
- *
- * Returns: library handle on success, otherwise NULL.
- **/
-dylib_t dylib_load(const char *path)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-   dylib_t lib = LoadLibrary(path);
-#else
-   dylib_t lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY);
-#endif
-   return lib;
-}
-
-function_t dylib_proc(dylib_t lib, const char *proc)
-{
-   function_t sym;
-   void *ptr_sym = NULL;
-
-   (void)ptr_sym;
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-   sym = (function_t)GetProcAddress(lib ?
-         (HMODULE)lib : GetModuleHandle(NULL), proc);
-#else
-   if (lib)
-      ptr_sym = dlsym(lib, proc);
-   else
-   {
-      void *handle = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
-      if (handle)
-      {
-         ptr_sym = dlsym(handle, proc);
-         dlclose(handle);
-      }
-   }
-
-   /* Dirty hack to workaround the non-legality of
-    * (void*) -> fn-pointer casts. */
-   memcpy(&sym, &ptr_sym, sizeof(void*));
-#endif
-
-   return sym;
-}
-
-/**
- * dylib_close:
- * @lib                          : Library handle.
- *
- * Frees library handle.
- **/
-void dylib_close(dylib_t lib)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-   FreeLibrary((HMODULE)lib);
-#else
-#ifndef NO_DLCLOSE
-   dlclose(lib);
-#endif
-#endif
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/dylib.h b/dylib.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b0219a14a0..0000000000
--- a/dylib.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2010-2014 - Hans-Kristian Arntzen
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2015 - Daniel De Matteis
- * 
- *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
- *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
- *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef __DYLIB_H
-#define __DYLIB_H
-
-#include <boolean.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#include "config.h"
-#endif
-
-#if defined(HAVE_DYNAMIC) || defined(HAVE_DYLIB)
-#define NEED_DYNAMIC
-#else
-#undef NEED_DYNAMIC
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-typedef void *dylib_t;
-typedef void (*function_t)(void);
-
-#ifdef NEED_DYNAMIC
-/**
- * dylib_load:
- * @path                         : Path to libretro core library.
- *
- * Platform independent dylib loading.
- *
- * Returns: library handle on success, otherwise NULL.
- **/
-dylib_t dylib_load(const char *path);
-
-/**
- * dylib_close:
- * @lib                          : Library handle.
- *
- * Frees library handle.
- **/
-void dylib_close(dylib_t lib);
-
-function_t dylib_proc(dylib_t lib, const char *proc);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-
-#endif
diff --git a/dynamic.h b/dynamic.h
index dfd53fd5fe..0b9ac7a138 100644
--- a/dynamic.h
+++ b/dynamic.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "dylib.h"
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
index 641cb779c8..c143d0cb48 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <retro_miscellaneous.h>
 #include "../frontend_driver.h"
-#include "../../dylib.h"
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
 #include "../../general.h"
 
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
index 26d1943840..805d1f5f63 100644
--- a/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
+++ b/gfx/d3d/d3d.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#include "../../dylib.h"
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
 
 /* forward declarations */
 static void d3d_calculate_rect(d3d_video_t *d3d,
diff --git a/griffin/griffin.c b/griffin/griffin.c
index 4a68920f73..465a666d7e 100644
--- a/griffin/griffin.c
+++ b/griffin/griffin.c
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ FILTERS
 /*============================================================
 DYNAMIC
 ============================================================ */
-#include "../dylib.c"
+#include "../libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.c"
 #include "../dynamic.c"
 #include "../dynamic_dummy.c"
 #include "../gfx/video_filter.c"
diff --git a/input/drivers_hid/btstack_hid.c b/input/drivers_hid/btstack_hid.c
index 72e7f5a0f5..b6a25c1da6 100644
--- a/input/drivers_hid/btstack_hid.c
+++ b/input/drivers_hid/btstack_hid.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #define BUILDING_BTDYNAMIC
 #include "btstack_hid.h"
-#include "../../dylib.h"
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
 #include "../connect/joypad_connection.h"
 
 typedef struct btstack_hid
diff --git a/input/drivers_joypad/xinput_joypad.c b/input/drivers_joypad/xinput_joypad.c
index df96f582f1..cf0697eb6f 100644
--- a/input/drivers_joypad/xinput_joypad.c
+++ b/input/drivers_joypad/xinput_joypad.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "../input_autodetect.h"
 #include "../input_common.h"
 
-#include "../../dylib.h"
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
 #include "../../general.h"
 #include <boolean.h>
 
diff --git a/libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.c b/libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02d2fbecd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* Copyright  (C) 2010-2015 The RetroArch team
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The following license statement only applies to this file (dylib.c).
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
+ * to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+ * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dynamic/dylib.h>
+
+#ifdef NEED_DYNAMIC
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#else
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * dylib_load:
+ * @path                         : Path to libretro core library.
+ *
+ * Platform independent dylib loading.
+ *
+ * Returns: library handle on success, otherwise NULL.
+ **/
+dylib_t dylib_load(const char *path)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+   dylib_t lib = LoadLibrary(path);
+#else
+   dylib_t lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY);
+#endif
+   return lib;
+}
+
+function_t dylib_proc(dylib_t lib, const char *proc)
+{
+   function_t sym;
+   void *ptr_sym = NULL;
+
+   (void)ptr_sym;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+   sym = (function_t)GetProcAddress(lib ?
+         (HMODULE)lib : GetModuleHandle(NULL), proc);
+#else
+   if (lib)
+      ptr_sym = dlsym(lib, proc);
+   else
+   {
+      void *handle = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
+      if (handle)
+      {
+         ptr_sym = dlsym(handle, proc);
+         dlclose(handle);
+      }
+   }
+
+   /* Dirty hack to workaround the non-legality of
+    * (void*) -> fn-pointer casts. */
+   memcpy(&sym, &ptr_sym, sizeof(void*));
+#endif
+
+   return sym;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dylib_close:
+ * @lib                          : Library handle.
+ *
+ * Frees library handle.
+ **/
+void dylib_close(dylib_t lib)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+   FreeLibrary((HMODULE)lib);
+#else
+#ifndef NO_DLCLOSE
+   dlclose(lib);
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/dynamic/dylib.h b/libretro-common/include/dynamic/dylib.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdfeee4988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libretro-common/include/dynamic/dylib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* Copyright  (C) 2010-2015 The RetroArch team
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The following license statement only applies to this file (dylib.h).
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
+ * to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
+ * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+ * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DYLIB_H
+#define __DYLIB_H
+
+#include <boolean.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_DYNAMIC) || defined(HAVE_DYLIB)
+#define NEED_DYNAMIC
+#else
+#undef NEED_DYNAMIC
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+typedef void *dylib_t;
+typedef void (*function_t)(void);
+
+#ifdef NEED_DYNAMIC
+/**
+ * dylib_load:
+ * @path                         : Path to libretro core library.
+ *
+ * Platform independent dylib loading.
+ *
+ * Returns: library handle on success, otherwise NULL.
+ **/
+dylib_t dylib_load(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * dylib_close:
+ * @lib                          : Library handle.
+ *
+ * Frees library handle.
+ **/
+void dylib_close(dylib_t lib);
+
+function_t dylib_proc(dylib_t lib, const char *proc);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/retroarch-joyconfig-griffin.c b/tools/retroarch-joyconfig-griffin.c
index 0d30a36699..89a13fd033 100644
--- a/tools/retroarch-joyconfig-griffin.c
+++ b/tools/retroarch-joyconfig-griffin.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "retroarch-joyconfig.c"
 
-#include "../dylib.c"
+#include "../libretro-common/dynamic/dylib.c"
 
 #if defined(__linux) && !defined(ANDROID)
 #include "../input/drivers/linuxraw_input.c"