diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index e80b2cb786..6c3b6ae79b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(SRCS BreakPoints.cpp
          CDUtils.cpp
          ColorUtil.cpp
+         ENetUtil.cpp
          FileSearch.cpp
          FileUtil.cpp
          GekkoDisassembler.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
index ced0c431df..7b2c278cd1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="CommonTypes.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="CPUDetect.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="DebugInterface.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="ENetUtil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Event.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FifoQueue.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileSearch.h" />
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="BreakPoints.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CDUtils.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ColorUtil.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="ENetUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileSearch.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="GekkoDisassembler.cpp" />
@@ -146,4 +148,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
index 8545274fc4..ffaf7d6be8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="CommonTypes.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="CPUDetect.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="DebugInterface.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="ENetUtil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FifoQueue.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileSearch.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FileUtil.h" />
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="BreakPoints.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CDUtils.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="ColorUtil.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="ENetUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileSearch.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="FileUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Hash.cpp" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7269893f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "ENetUtil.h"
+
+namespace ENetUtil
+{
+
+void WakeupThread(ENetHost* host)
+{
+	// Send ourselves a spurious message.  This is hackier than it should be.
+	// comex reported this as https://github.com/lsalzman/enet/issues/23, so
+	// hopefully there will be a better way to do it in the future.
+	ENetAddress address;
+	if (host->address.port != 0)
+		address.port = host->address.port;
+	else
+		enet_socket_get_address(host->socket, &address);
+	address.host = 0x0100007f; // localhost
+	u8 byte = 0;
+	ENetBuffer buf;
+	buf.data = &byte;
+	buf.dataLength = 1;
+	enet_socket_send(host->socket, &address, &buf, 1);
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9789673ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/ENetUtil.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright 2015 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include <enet/enet.h>
+#include "Common.h"
+
+namespace ENetUtil
+{
+
+void WakeupThread(ENetHost* host);
+
+}
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.cpp
index 2e792233fc..9aeaf3b8cf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.cpp
@@ -485,25 +485,7 @@ void NetPlayClient::RunOnThread(std::function<void()> func)
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lkq(m_crit.run_queue_write);
 		m_run_queue.Push(func);
 	}
-	WakeupThread(m_client);
-}
-
-void NetPlayClient::WakeupThread(ENetHost* host)
-{
-	// Send ourselves a spurious message.  This is hackier than it should be.
-	// comex reported this as https://github.com/lsalzman/enet/issues/23, so
-	// hopefully there will be a better way to do it in the future.
-	ENetAddress address;
-	if (host->address.port != 0)
-		address.port = host->address.port;
-	else
-		enet_socket_get_address(host->socket, &address);
-	address.host = 0x0100007f; // localhost
-	u8 byte = 0;
-	ENetBuffer buf;
-	buf.data = &byte;
-	buf.dataLength = 1;
-	enet_socket_send(host->socket, &address, &buf, 1);
+	ENetUtil::WakeupThread(m_client);
 }
 
 // called from ---NETPLAY--- thread
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.h b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.h
index 7b2e3e159a..441cc17fb3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayClient.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <SFML/Network/Packet.hpp>
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+#include "Common/ENetUtil.h"
 #include "Common/FifoQueue.h"
 #include "Common/Thread.h"
 #include "Common/Timer.h"
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ class NetPlayClient : public TraversalClientClient
 public:
 	void ThreadFunc();
 	void RunOnThread(std::function<void()> func);
-	void WakeupThread(ENetHost* host);
 
 	NetPlayClient(const std::string& address, const u16 port, NetPlayUI* dialog, const std::string& name, bool traversal, std::string centralServer, u16 centralPort);
 	~NetPlayClient();
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.cpp
index 7b96b14846..2c01b270f2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.cpp
@@ -454,25 +454,7 @@ void NetPlayServer::RunOnThread(std::function<void()> func)
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lkq(m_crit.run_queue_write);
 		m_run_queue.Push(func);
 	}
-	WakeupThread(m_server);
-}
-
-void NetPlayServer::WakeupThread(ENetHost* host)
-{
-	// Send ourselves a spurious message.  This is hackier than it should be.
-	// comex reported this as https://github.com/lsalzman/enet/issues/23, so
-	// hopefully there will be a better way to do it in the future.
-	ENetAddress address;
-	if (host->address.port != 0)
-		address.port = host->address.port;
-	else
-		enet_socket_get_address(host->socket, &address);
-	address.host = 0x0100007f; // localhost
-	u8 byte = 0;
-	ENetBuffer buf;
-	buf.data = &byte;
-	buf.dataLength = 1;
-	enet_socket_send(host->socket, &address, &buf, 1);
+	ENetUtil::WakeupThread(m_server);
 }
 
 // called from ---NETPLAY--- thread
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.h b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.h
index 21f7ea9ede..6c53b537ad 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/NetPlayServer.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <SFML/Network/Packet.hpp>
+#include "Common/ENetUtil.h"
 #include "Common/Thread.h"
 #include "Common/Timer.h"
 #include "Common/TraversalClient.h"
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ class NetPlayServer : public TraversalClientClient
 public:
 	void ThreadFunc();
 	void RunOnThread(std::function<void()> func);
-	void WakeupThread(ENetHost* host);
 
 	NetPlayServer(const u16 port, bool traversal, std::string centralServer, u16 centralPort);
 	~NetPlayServer();