diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0a7b885..54d46c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 	select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3			if X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
 	select PERF_EVENTS
 	select RTC_LIB
+	select RTC_MC146818_LIB
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select SRCU
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index 13128a8..8526f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 config RTC_LIB
 	bool
 
+config RTC_MC146818_LIB
+	bool
+	select RTC_LIB
+
 menuconfig RTC_CLASS
 	bool "Real Time Clock"
 	default n
@@ -809,6 +813,7 @@
 	tristate "PC-style 'CMOS'"
 	depends on X86 || ARM || M32R || PPC || MIPS || SPARC64 || MN10300
 	default y if X86
+	select RTC_MC146818_LIB
 	help
 	  Say "yes" here to get direct support for the real time clock
 	  found in every PC or ACPI-based system, and some other boards.
@@ -827,6 +832,7 @@
 config RTC_DRV_ALPHA
 	bool "Alpha PC-style CMOS"
 	depends on ALPHA
+	select RTC_MC146818_LIB
 	default y
 	help
 	  Direct support for the real-time clock found on every Alpha
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Makefile b/drivers/rtc/Makefile
index 024da27..7cf7ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS)	+= hctosys.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_SYSTOHC)	+= systohc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_CLASS)		+= rtc-core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_MC146818_LIB)	+= rtc-mc146818-lib.o
 rtc-core-y			:= class.o interface.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_EFI
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc146818-lib.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc146818-lib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f1772a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mc146818-lib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#include <linux/bcd.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Returns true if a clock update is in progress
+ */
+static inline unsigned char mc146818_is_updating(void)
+{
+	unsigned char uip;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	uip = (CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT) & RTC_UIP);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	return uip;
+}
+
+unsigned int mc146818_get_time(struct rtc_time *time)
+{
+	unsigned char ctrl;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned char century = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	unsigned int real_year;
+#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * read RTC once any update in progress is done. The update
+	 * can take just over 2ms. We wait 20ms. There is no need to
+	 * to poll-wait (up to 1s - eeccch) for the falling edge of RTC_UIP.
+	 * If you need to know *exactly* when a second has started, enable
+	 * periodic update complete interrupts, (via ioctl) and then
+	 * immediately read /dev/rtc which will block until you get the IRQ.
+	 * Once the read clears, read the RTC time (again via ioctl). Easy.
+	 */
+	if (mc146818_is_updating())
+		mdelay(20);
+
+	/*
+	 * Only the values that we read from the RTC are set. We leave
+	 * tm_wday, tm_yday and tm_isdst untouched. Even though the
+	 * RTC has RTC_DAY_OF_WEEK, we ignore it, as it is only updated
+	 * by the RTC when initially set to a non-zero value.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+	time->tm_sec = CMOS_READ(RTC_SECONDS);
+	time->tm_min = CMOS_READ(RTC_MINUTES);
+	time->tm_hour = CMOS_READ(RTC_HOURS);
+	time->tm_mday = CMOS_READ(RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH);
+	time->tm_mon = CMOS_READ(RTC_MONTH);
+	time->tm_year = CMOS_READ(RTC_YEAR);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	real_year = CMOS_READ(RTC_DEC_YEAR);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
+	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century)
+		century = CMOS_READ(acpi_gbl_FADT.century);
+#endif
+	ctrl = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+
+	if (!(ctrl & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
+	{
+		time->tm_sec = bcd2bin(time->tm_sec);
+		time->tm_min = bcd2bin(time->tm_min);
+		time->tm_hour = bcd2bin(time->tm_hour);
+		time->tm_mday = bcd2bin(time->tm_mday);
+		time->tm_mon = bcd2bin(time->tm_mon);
+		time->tm_year = bcd2bin(time->tm_year);
+		century = bcd2bin(century);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	time->tm_year += real_year - 72;
+#endif
+
+	if (century)
+		time->tm_year += (century - 19) * 100;
+
+	/*
+	 * Account for differences between how the RTC uses the values
+	 * and how they are defined in a struct rtc_time;
+	 */
+	if (time->tm_year <= 69)
+		time->tm_year += 100;
+
+	time->tm_mon--;
+
+	return RTC_24H;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mc146818_get_time);
+
+/* Set the current date and time in the real time clock. */
+int mc146818_set_time(struct rtc_time *time)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned char mon, day, hrs, min, sec;
+	unsigned char save_control, save_freq_select;
+	unsigned int yrs;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	unsigned int real_yrs, leap_yr;
+#endif
+	unsigned char century = 0;
+
+	yrs = time->tm_year;
+	mon = time->tm_mon + 1;   /* tm_mon starts at zero */
+	day = time->tm_mday;
+	hrs = time->tm_hour;
+	min = time->tm_min;
+	sec = time->tm_sec;
+
+	if (yrs > 255)	/* They are unsigned */
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	real_yrs = yrs;
+	leap_yr = ((!((yrs + 1900) % 4) && ((yrs + 1900) % 100)) ||
+			!((yrs + 1900) % 400));
+	yrs = 72;
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to keep the year set to 73 until March
+	 * for non-leap years, so that Feb, 29th is handled
+	 * correctly.
+	 */
+	if (!leap_yr && mon < 3) {
+		real_yrs--;
+		yrs = 73;
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
+	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century) {
+		century = (yrs + 1900) / 100;
+		yrs %= 100;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* These limits and adjustments are independent of
+	 * whether the chip is in binary mode or not.
+	 */
+	if (yrs > 169) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (yrs >= 100)
+		yrs -= 100;
+
+	if (!(CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL) & RTC_DM_BINARY)
+	    || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD) {
+		sec = bin2bcd(sec);
+		min = bin2bcd(min);
+		hrs = bin2bcd(hrs);
+		day = bin2bcd(day);
+		mon = bin2bcd(mon);
+		yrs = bin2bcd(yrs);
+		century = bin2bcd(century);
+	}
+
+	save_control = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
+	CMOS_WRITE((save_control|RTC_SET), RTC_CONTROL);
+	save_freq_select = CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
+	CMOS_WRITE((save_freq_select|RTC_DIV_RESET2), RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
+	CMOS_WRITE(real_yrs, RTC_DEC_YEAR);
+#endif
+	CMOS_WRITE(yrs, RTC_YEAR);
+	CMOS_WRITE(mon, RTC_MONTH);
+	CMOS_WRITE(day, RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH);
+	CMOS_WRITE(hrs, RTC_HOURS);
+	CMOS_WRITE(min, RTC_MINUTES);
+	CMOS_WRITE(sec, RTC_SECONDS);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
+	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century)
+		CMOS_WRITE(century, acpi_gbl_FADT.century);
+#endif
+
+	CMOS_WRITE(save_control, RTC_CONTROL);
+	CMOS_WRITE(save_freq_select, RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mc146818_set_time);
diff --git a/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h b/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h
index e9e346b..a585b4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mc146818rtc.h
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/bcd.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-#include <linux/acpi.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>		/* spinlock_t */
 extern spinlock_t rtc_lock;		/* serialize CMOS RAM access */
@@ -126,192 +122,7 @@
 #define RTC_IO_EXTENT_USED      RTC_IO_EXTENT
 #endif /* ARCH_RTC_LOCATION */
 
-/*
- * Returns true if a clock update is in progress
- */
-static inline unsigned char mc146818_is_updating(void)
-{
-	unsigned char uip;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
-	uip = (CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT) & RTC_UIP);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
-	return uip;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned int mc146818_get_time(struct rtc_time *time)
-{
-	unsigned char ctrl;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned char century = 0;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	unsigned int real_year;
-#endif
-
-	/*
-	 * read RTC once any update in progress is done. The update
-	 * can take just over 2ms. We wait 20ms. There is no need to
-	 * to poll-wait (up to 1s - eeccch) for the falling edge of RTC_UIP.
-	 * If you need to know *exactly* when a second has started, enable
-	 * periodic update complete interrupts, (via ioctl) and then 
-	 * immediately read /dev/rtc which will block until you get the IRQ.
-	 * Once the read clears, read the RTC time (again via ioctl). Easy.
-	 */
-	if (mc146818_is_updating())
-		mdelay(20);
-
-	/*
-	 * Only the values that we read from the RTC are set. We leave
-	 * tm_wday, tm_yday and tm_isdst untouched. Even though the
-	 * RTC has RTC_DAY_OF_WEEK, we ignore it, as it is only updated
-	 * by the RTC when initially set to a non-zero value.
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
-	time->tm_sec = CMOS_READ(RTC_SECONDS);
-	time->tm_min = CMOS_READ(RTC_MINUTES);
-	time->tm_hour = CMOS_READ(RTC_HOURS);
-	time->tm_mday = CMOS_READ(RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH);
-	time->tm_mon = CMOS_READ(RTC_MONTH);
-	time->tm_year = CMOS_READ(RTC_YEAR);
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	real_year = CMOS_READ(RTC_DEC_YEAR);
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
-	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century)
-		century = CMOS_READ(acpi_gbl_FADT.century);
-#endif
-	ctrl = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
-
-	if (!(ctrl & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
-	{
-		time->tm_sec = bcd2bin(time->tm_sec);
-		time->tm_min = bcd2bin(time->tm_min);
-		time->tm_hour = bcd2bin(time->tm_hour);
-		time->tm_mday = bcd2bin(time->tm_mday);
-		time->tm_mon = bcd2bin(time->tm_mon);
-		time->tm_year = bcd2bin(time->tm_year);
-		century = bcd2bin(century);
-	}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	time->tm_year += real_year - 72;
-#endif
-
-	if (century)
-		time->tm_year += (century - 19) * 100;
-
-	/*
-	 * Account for differences between how the RTC uses the values
-	 * and how they are defined in a struct rtc_time;
-	 */
-	if (time->tm_year <= 69)
-		time->tm_year += 100;
-
-	time->tm_mon--;
-
-	return RTC_24H;
-}
-
-/* Set the current date and time in the real time clock. */
-static inline int mc146818_set_time(struct rtc_time *time)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned char mon, day, hrs, min, sec;
-	unsigned char save_control, save_freq_select;
-	unsigned int yrs;
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	unsigned int real_yrs, leap_yr;
-#endif
-	unsigned char century = 0;
-
-	yrs = time->tm_year;
-	mon = time->tm_mon + 1;   /* tm_mon starts at zero */
-	day = time->tm_mday;
-	hrs = time->tm_hour;
-	min = time->tm_min;
-	sec = time->tm_sec;
-
-	if (yrs > 255)	/* They are unsigned */
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	real_yrs = yrs;
-	leap_yr = ((!((yrs + 1900) % 4) && ((yrs + 1900) % 100)) ||
-			!((yrs + 1900) % 400));
-	yrs = 72;
-
-	/*
-	 * We want to keep the year set to 73 until March
-	 * for non-leap years, so that Feb, 29th is handled
-	 * correctly.
-	 */
-	if (!leap_yr && mon < 3) {
-		real_yrs--;
-		yrs = 73;
-	}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
-	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century) {
-		century = (yrs + 1900) / 100;
-		yrs %= 100;
-	}
-#endif
-
-	/* These limits and adjustments are independent of
-	 * whether the chip is in binary mode or not.
-	 */
-	if (yrs > 169) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (yrs >= 100)
-		yrs -= 100;
-
-	if (!(CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL) & RTC_DM_BINARY)
-	    || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD) {
-		sec = bin2bcd(sec);
-		min = bin2bcd(min);
-		hrs = bin2bcd(hrs);
-		day = bin2bcd(day);
-		mon = bin2bcd(mon);
-		yrs = bin2bcd(yrs);
-		century = bin2bcd(century);
-	}
-
-	save_control = CMOS_READ(RTC_CONTROL);
-	CMOS_WRITE((save_control|RTC_SET), RTC_CONTROL);
-	save_freq_select = CMOS_READ(RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
-	CMOS_WRITE((save_freq_select|RTC_DIV_RESET2), RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION
-	CMOS_WRITE(real_yrs, RTC_DEC_YEAR);
-#endif
-	CMOS_WRITE(yrs, RTC_YEAR);
-	CMOS_WRITE(mon, RTC_MONTH);
-	CMOS_WRITE(day, RTC_DAY_OF_MONTH);
-	CMOS_WRITE(hrs, RTC_HOURS);
-	CMOS_WRITE(min, RTC_MINUTES);
-	CMOS_WRITE(sec, RTC_SECONDS);
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
-	if (acpi_gbl_FADT.header.revision >= FADT2_REVISION_ID &&
-	    acpi_gbl_FADT.century)
-		CMOS_WRITE(century, acpi_gbl_FADT.century);
-#endif
-
-	CMOS_WRITE(save_control, RTC_CONTROL);
-	CMOS_WRITE(save_freq_select, RTC_FREQ_SELECT);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
-
-	return 0;
-}
+unsigned int mc146818_get_time(struct rtc_time *time);
+int mc146818_set_time(struct rtc_time *time);
 
 #endif /* _MC146818RTC_H */