diff --git a/compat.cpp b/compat.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2f2b402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+void _splitpath(const char *path, char *drive, char *dir, char *fname, char *ext)
+{
+    char *slash = strrchr((char *)path, SLASH_CHAR);
+    char *dot = strrchr((char *)path, '.');
+
+    *drive = '\0';
+
+    if (dot && slash && dot < slash)
+    {
+        dot = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!slash)
+    {
+        *dir = '\0';
+        strcpy(fname, path);
+
+        if (dot)
+        {
+            fname[dot - path] = '\0';
+            strcpy(ext, dot + 1);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            *ext = '\0';
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        strcpy(dir, path);
+        dir[slash - path] = '\0';
+        strcpy(fname, slash + 1);
+
+        if (dot)
+        {
+            fname[(dot - slash) - 1] = '\0';
+            strcpy(ext, dot + 1);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            *ext = '\0';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void _makepath(char *path, const char *drive, const char *dir, const char *fname, const char *ext)
+{
+    if (dir && *dir)
+    {
+        strcpy(path, dir);
+        strcat(path, "/");
+    }
+    else
+        *path = '\0';
+
+    strcat(path, fname);
+
+    if (ext && *ext)
+    {
+        strcat(path, ".");
+        strcat(path, ext);
+    }
+}