diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/coreboot_tables.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/coreboot_tables.h
index c68ccc9c2f..20bcc4e4c9 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/coreboot_tables.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/coreboot_tables.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define _COREBOOT_TABLES_H
 
 #include <arch/types.h>
+#include <ipchksum.h>
 
 struct cbuint64 {
 	u32 lo;
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/ipchksum.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/ipchksum.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7ded0843d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/ipchksum.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program 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 Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __IPCHKSUM_H__
+#define __IPCHKSUM_H__
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup ipchecksum IP checksum functions
+ * @{
+ */
+unsigned short ipchksum(const void *ptr, unsigned long nbytes);
+/** @} */
+
+#endif
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
index c3729e2b4d..b47d79f7fc 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include <libpayload-config.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <ipchksum.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -262,13 +263,6 @@ void console_add_input_driver(struct console_input_driver *in);
 #define havechar havekey
 /** @} */
 
-/**
- * @defgroup ipchecksum IP checksum functions
- * @{
- */
-unsigned short ipchksum(const void *ptr, unsigned long nbytes);
-/** @} */
-
 
 /**
  * @defgroup exec Execution functions