diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e25af45b..8f3bc99562 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ add_library(common
   Config/Layer.cpp
   Config/Layer.h
   CPUDetect.h
+  CRC32.cpp
+  CRC32.h
   Crypto/AES.cpp
   Crypto/AES.h
   Crypto/bn.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..843b0c3333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+#include "Common/CRC32.h"
+
+namespace Common
+{
+u32 ComputeCRC32(std::string_view data)
+{
+  const Bytef* buf = reinterpret_cast<const Bytef*>(data.data());
+  uInt len = static_cast<uInt>(data.size());
+  // Use zlibs crc32 implementation to compute the hash
+  u32 hash = crc32(0L, Z_NULL, 0);
+  hash = crc32(hash, buf, len);
+  return hash;
+}
+}  // namespace Common
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.h b/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f3f52b96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CRC32.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+
+namespace Common
+{
+u32 ComputeCRC32(std::string_view data);
+}  // namespace Common
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
index df7cf9014f..3bb2c5e53d 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <zlib.h>
-
 #include "Common/Align.h"
 #include "Common/CDUtils.h"
+#include "Common/CRC32.h"
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Config/Config.h"
@@ -355,9 +354,7 @@ bool CBoot::Load_BS2(const std::string& boot_rom_filename)
   if (!File::ReadFileToString(boot_rom_filename, data))
     return false;
 
-  // Use zlibs crc32 implementation to compute the hash
-  u32 ipl_hash = crc32(0L, Z_NULL, 0);
-  ipl_hash = crc32(ipl_hash, (const Bytef*)data.data(), (u32)data.size());
+  const u32 ipl_hash = Common::ComputeCRC32(data);
   bool known_ipl = false;
   bool pal_ipl = false;
   switch (ipl_hash)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
index fc429c0ab4..96b489f555 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Common\BitUtils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\BlockingLoop.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\CDUtils.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Common\CRC32.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\ChunkFile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\CodeBlock.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\ColorUtil.h" />
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="AudioCommon\WaveFile.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\Analytics.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\CDUtils.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Common\CRC32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\ColorUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\CommonFuncs.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\CompatPatches.cpp" />