diff --git a/test/vp9_thread_test.cc b/test/vp9_thread_test.cc
index 72719a698..fa51835a5 100644
--- a/test/vp9_thread_test.cc
+++ b/test/vp9_thread_test.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #if CONFIG_WEBM_IO
 #include "test/webm_video_source.h"
 #endif
-#include "vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h"
+#include "vp9/common/vp9_thread.h"
 
 namespace {
 
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.c b/vp9/common/vp9_thread.c
similarity index 100%
rename from vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.c
rename to vp9/common/vp9_thread.c
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h b/vp9/common/vp9_thread.h
similarity index 100%
rename from vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h
rename to vp9/common/vp9_thread.h
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
index 8b96abb9d..a3790d9cc 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_reconintra.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_seg_common.h"
+#include "vp9/common/vp9_thread.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_tile_common.h"
 
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_decodeframe.h"
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h"
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_read_bit_buffer.h"
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_reader.h"
-#include "vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h"
 
 #define MAX_VP9_HEADER_SIZE 80
 
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decoder.h b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decoder.h
index ab4f9a2c3..2c33316aa 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_decoder.h
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_decoder.h
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_onyxc_int.h"
 #include "vp9/common/vp9_ppflags.h"
+#include "vp9/common/vp9_thread.h"
 
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_decoder.h"
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h"
-#include "vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h b/vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h
index a727e2aef..423bd8808 100644
--- a/vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h
+++ b/vp9/decoder/vp9_dthread.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #define VP9_DECODER_VP9_DTHREAD_H_
 
 #include "./vpx_config.h"
+#include "vp9/common/vp9_thread.h"
 #include "vp9/decoder/vp9_reader.h"
-#include "vp9/decoder/vp9_thread.h"
 
 struct VP9Common;
 struct VP9Decoder;
diff --git a/vp9/vp9_common.mk b/vp9/vp9_common.mk
index 8c1f34567..81fe6a620 100644
--- a/vp9/vp9_common.mk
+++ b/vp9/vp9_common.mk
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_seg_common.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_seg_common.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_systemdependent.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_textblit.h
+VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_thread.h
+VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_thread.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_tile_common.h
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_tile_common.c
 VP9_COMMON_SRCS-yes += common/vp9_loopfilter.c
diff --git a/vp9/vp9dx.mk b/vp9/vp9dx.mk
index 92ec6fd16..1fcb36f66 100644
--- a/vp9/vp9dx.mk
+++ b/vp9/vp9dx.mk
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_decodemv.h
 VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_detokenize.h
 VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_decoder.c
 VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_decoder.h
-VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_thread.c
-VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_thread.h
 VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_dsubexp.c
 VP9_DX_SRCS-yes += decoder/vp9_dsubexp.h