diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
index 7225cdcfa..ee8969260 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.c
@@ -2335,3 +2335,75 @@ fu_common_get_esp_for_path (const gchar *esp_path, GError **error)
 		     esp_path);
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+/**
+ * fu_common_crc16:
+ * @buf: memory buffer
+ * @bufsz: sizeof buf
+ *
+ * Returns the cyclic redundancy check value for the given memory buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns: CRC value
+ *
+ * Since: 1.5.0
+ **/
+guint16
+fu_common_crc16 (const guint8 *buf, gsize bufsz)
+{
+	guint16 crc = 0xffff;
+	for (gsize len = bufsz; len > 0; len--) {
+		crc = (guint16) (crc ^ (*buf++));
+		for (guint8 i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+			if (crc & 0x1) {
+				crc = (crc >> 1) ^ 0xa001;
+			} else {
+				crc >>= 1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ~crc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fu_common_crc32_full:
+ * @buf: memory buffer
+ * @bufsz: sizeof buf
+ * @crc: initial CRC value, typically 0xFFFFFFFF
+ * @polynomial: CRC polynomial, typically 0xEDB88320
+ *
+ * Returns the cyclic redundancy check value for the given memory buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns: CRC value
+ *
+ * Since: 1.5.0
+ **/
+guint32
+fu_common_crc32_full (const guint8 *buf, gsize bufsz, guint32 crc, guint32 polynomial)
+{
+	for (guint32 idx = 0; idx < bufsz; idx++) {
+		guint8 data = *buf++;
+		crc = crc ^ data;
+		for (guint32 bit = 0; bit < 8; bit++) {
+			guint32 mask = -(crc & 1);
+			crc = (crc >> 1) ^ (polynomial & mask);
+		}
+	}
+	return ~crc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * fu_common_crc32:
+ * @buf: memory buffer
+ * @bufsz: sizeof buf
+ *
+ * Returns the cyclic redundancy check value for the given memory buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns: CRC value
+ *
+ * Since: 1.5.0
+ **/
+guint32
+fu_common_crc32 (const guint8 *buf, gsize bufsz)
+{
+	return fu_common_crc32_full (buf, bufsz, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xEDB88320);
+}
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
index 0b99ac43f..2d15f41c2 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-common.h
@@ -239,3 +239,12 @@ GPtrArray	*fu_common_get_volumes_by_kind	(const gchar	*kind,
 FuVolume	*fu_common_get_esp_for_path	(const gchar	*esp_path,
 						 GError		**error);
 FuVolume	*fu_common_get_esp_default	(GError		**error);
+
+guint16		 fu_common_crc16		(const guint8	*buf,
+						 gsize		 bufsz);
+guint32		 fu_common_crc32		(const guint8	*buf,
+						 gsize		 bufsz);
+guint32		 fu_common_crc32_full		(const guint8	*buf,
+						 gsize		 bufsz,
+						 guint32	 crc,
+						 guint32	 polynomial);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-dfu-firmware.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-dfu-firmware.c
index bc9e47950..033aaaa26 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-dfu-firmware.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-dfu-firmware.c
@@ -181,60 +181,6 @@ fu_dfu_firmware_set_version (FuDfuFirmware *self, guint16 version)
 	priv->version = version;
 }
 
-static guint32 _crctbl[] = {
-	0x00000000, 0x77073096, 0xee0e612c, 0x990951ba, 0x076dc419, 0x706af48f,
-	0xe963a535, 0x9e6495a3, 0x0edb8832, 0x79dcb8a4, 0xe0d5e91e, 0x97d2d988,
-	0x09b64c2b, 0x7eb17cbd, 0xe7b82d07, 0x90bf1d91, 0x1db71064, 0x6ab020f2,
-	0xf3b97148, 0x84be41de, 0x1adad47d, 0x6ddde4eb, 0xf4d4b551, 0x83d385c7,
-	0x136c9856, 0x646ba8c0, 0xfd62f97a, 0x8a65c9ec, 0x14015c4f, 0x63066cd9,
-	0xfa0f3d63, 0x8d080df5, 0x3b6e20c8, 0x4c69105e, 0xd56041e4, 0xa2677172,
-	0x3c03e4d1, 0x4b04d447, 0xd20d85fd, 0xa50ab56b, 0x35b5a8fa, 0x42b2986c,
-	0xdbbbc9d6, 0xacbcf940, 0x32d86ce3, 0x45df5c75, 0xdcd60dcf, 0xabd13d59,
-	0x26d930ac, 0x51de003a, 0xc8d75180, 0xbfd06116, 0x21b4f4b5, 0x56b3c423,
-	0xcfba9599, 0xb8bda50f, 0x2802b89e, 0x5f058808, 0xc60cd9b2, 0xb10be924,
-	0x2f6f7c87, 0x58684c11, 0xc1611dab, 0xb6662d3d, 0x76dc4190, 0x01db7106,
-	0x98d220bc, 0xefd5102a, 0x71b18589, 0x06b6b51f, 0x9fbfe4a5, 0xe8b8d433,
-	0x7807c9a2, 0x0f00f934, 0x9609a88e, 0xe10e9818, 0x7f6a0dbb, 0x086d3d2d,
-	0x91646c97, 0xe6635c01, 0x6b6b51f4, 0x1c6c6162, 0x856530d8, 0xf262004e,
-	0x6c0695ed, 0x1b01a57b, 0x8208f4c1, 0xf50fc457, 0x65b0d9c6, 0x12b7e950,
-	0x8bbeb8ea, 0xfcb9887c, 0x62dd1ddf, 0x15da2d49, 0x8cd37cf3, 0xfbd44c65,
-	0x4db26158, 0x3ab551ce, 0xa3bc0074, 0xd4bb30e2, 0x4adfa541, 0x3dd895d7,
-	0xa4d1c46d, 0xd3d6f4fb, 0x4369e96a, 0x346ed9fc, 0xad678846, 0xda60b8d0,
-	0x44042d73, 0x33031de5, 0xaa0a4c5f, 0xdd0d7cc9, 0x5005713c, 0x270241aa,
-	0xbe0b1010, 0xc90c2086, 0x5768b525, 0x206f85b3, 0xb966d409, 0xce61e49f,
-	0x5edef90e, 0x29d9c998, 0xb0d09822, 0xc7d7a8b4, 0x59b33d17, 0x2eb40d81,
-	0xb7bd5c3b, 0xc0ba6cad, 0xedb88320, 0x9abfb3b6, 0x03b6e20c, 0x74b1d29a,
-	0xead54739, 0x9dd277af, 0x04db2615, 0x73dc1683, 0xe3630b12, 0x94643b84,
-	0x0d6d6a3e, 0x7a6a5aa8, 0xe40ecf0b, 0x9309ff9d, 0x0a00ae27, 0x7d079eb1,
-	0xf00f9344, 0x8708a3d2, 0x1e01f268, 0x6906c2fe, 0xf762575d, 0x806567cb,
-	0x196c3671, 0x6e6b06e7, 0xfed41b76, 0x89d32be0, 0x10da7a5a, 0x67dd4acc,
-	0xf9b9df6f, 0x8ebeeff9, 0x17b7be43, 0x60b08ed5, 0xd6d6a3e8, 0xa1d1937e,
-	0x38d8c2c4, 0x4fdff252, 0xd1bb67f1, 0xa6bc5767, 0x3fb506dd, 0x48b2364b,
-	0xd80d2bda, 0xaf0a1b4c, 0x36034af6, 0x41047a60, 0xdf60efc3, 0xa867df55,
-	0x316e8eef, 0x4669be79, 0xcb61b38c, 0xbc66831a, 0x256fd2a0, 0x5268e236,
-	0xcc0c7795, 0xbb0b4703, 0x220216b9, 0x5505262f, 0xc5ba3bbe, 0xb2bd0b28,
-	0x2bb45a92, 0x5cb36a04, 0xc2d7ffa7, 0xb5d0cf31, 0x2cd99e8b, 0x5bdeae1d,
-	0x9b64c2b0, 0xec63f226, 0x756aa39c, 0x026d930a, 0x9c0906a9, 0xeb0e363f,
-	0x72076785, 0x05005713, 0x95bf4a82, 0xe2b87a14, 0x7bb12bae, 0x0cb61b38,
-	0x92d28e9b, 0xe5d5be0d, 0x7cdcefb7, 0x0bdbdf21, 0x86d3d2d4, 0xf1d4e242,
-	0x68ddb3f8, 0x1fda836e, 0x81be16cd, 0xf6b9265b, 0x6fb077e1, 0x18b74777,
-	0x88085ae6, 0xff0f6a70, 0x66063bca, 0x11010b5c, 0x8f659eff, 0xf862ae69,
-	0x616bffd3, 0x166ccf45, 0xa00ae278, 0xd70dd2ee, 0x4e048354, 0x3903b3c2,
-	0xa7672661, 0xd06016f7, 0x4969474d, 0x3e6e77db, 0xaed16a4a, 0xd9d65adc,
-	0x40df0b66, 0x37d83bf0, 0xa9bcae53, 0xdebb9ec5, 0x47b2cf7f, 0x30b5ffe9,
-	0xbdbdf21c, 0xcabac28a, 0x53b39330, 0x24b4a3a6, 0xbad03605, 0xcdd70693,
-	0x54de5729, 0x23d967bf, 0xb3667a2e, 0xc4614ab8, 0x5d681b02, 0x2a6f2b94,
-	0xb40bbe37, 0xc30c8ea1, 0x5a05df1b, 0x2d02ef8d };
-
-static guint32
-fu_dfu_firmware_generate_crc32 (const guint8 *data, gsize length)
-{
-	guint32 accum = 0xffffffff;
-	for (guint i = 0; i < length; i++)
-		accum = _crctbl[(accum^data[i]) & 0xff] ^ (accum >> 8);
-	return accum;
-}
-
 typedef struct __attribute__((packed)) {
 	guint16		release;
 	guint16		pid;
@@ -290,7 +236,7 @@ fu_dfu_firmware_parse (FuFirmware *firmware,
 		return FALSE;
 	crc = GUINT32_FROM_LE(ftr.crc);
 	if ((flags & FWUPD_INSTALL_FLAG_FORCE) == 0) {
-		crc_new = fu_dfu_firmware_generate_crc32 (data, len - 4);
+		crc_new = ~fu_common_crc32 (data, len - 4);
 		if (crc != crc_new) {
 			g_set_error (error,
 				     FWUPD_ERROR,
@@ -343,9 +289,7 @@ fu_dfu_firmware_add_footer (FuDfuFirmware *self, GBytes *contents, GError **erro
 	fu_byte_array_append_uint16 (buf, priv->version, G_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 	g_byte_array_append (buf, (const guint8 *) "UFD", 3);
 	fu_byte_array_append_uint8 (buf, sizeof(FuDfuFirmwareFooter));
-	fu_byte_array_append_uint32 (buf,
-				     fu_dfu_firmware_generate_crc32 (buf->data, buf->len),
-				     G_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+	fu_byte_array_append_uint32 (buf, ~fu_common_crc32 (buf->data, buf->len), G_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 	return g_byte_array_free_to_bytes (buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
index bbc236df2..e6cb49ffc 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-self-test.c
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ fu_archive_cab_func (void)
 	g_assert_null (data_tmp);
 }
 
+static void
+fu_common_crc_func (void)
+{
+	guint8 buf[] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09 };
+	g_assert_cmpint (fu_common_crc16 (buf, sizeof(buf)), ==, 0x4DF1);
+	g_assert_cmpint (fu_common_crc32 (buf, sizeof(buf)), ==, 0x40EFAB9E);
+}
+
 static void
 fu_common_string_append_kv_func (void)
 {
@@ -2036,6 +2044,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/plugin{quirks-performance}", fu_plugin_quirks_performance_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/plugin{quirks-device}", fu_plugin_quirks_device_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/chunk", fu_chunk_func);
+	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{crc}", fu_common_crc_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{string-append-kv}", fu_common_string_append_kv_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{version-guess-format}", fu_common_version_guess_format_func);
 	g_test_add_func ("/fwupd/common{version}", fu_common_version_func);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
index d7acc4980..6a1910db9 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fwupdplugin.map
@@ -613,6 +613,9 @@ LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.4.6 {
 LIBFWUPDPLUGIN_1.5.0 {
   global:
     fu_common_cpuid;
+    fu_common_crc16;
+    fu_common_crc32;
+    fu_common_crc32_full;
     fu_common_filename_glob;
     fu_common_is_cpu_intel;
     fu_device_bind_driver;
diff --git a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.c b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.c
index 8c6904af9..38e93537a 100644
--- a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.c
+++ b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.c
@@ -24,23 +24,6 @@ fu_vli_common_crc8 (const guint8 *buf, gsize bufsz)
 	return (guint8) (crc >> 8);
 }
 
-guint16
-fu_vli_common_crc16 (const guint8 *buf, gsize bufsz)
-{
-	guint16 crc = 0xffff;
-	for (gsize len = bufsz; len > 0; len--) {
-		crc = (guint16) (crc ^ (*buf++));
-		for (guint8 i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
-			if (crc & 0x1) {
-				crc = (crc >> 1) ^ 0xa001;
-			} else {
-				crc >>= 1;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return ~crc;
-}
-
 const gchar *
 fu_vli_common_device_kind_to_string (FuVliDeviceKind device_kind)
 {
diff --git a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.h b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.h
index cc652f427..e3c2c9e35 100644
--- a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.h
+++ b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-common.h
@@ -46,5 +46,3 @@ guint32		 fu_vli_common_device_kind_get_offset	(FuVliDeviceKind	 device_kind);
 
 guint8		 fu_vli_common_crc8			(const guint8		*buf,
 							 gsize			 bufsz);
-guint16		 fu_vli_common_crc16			(const guint8		*buf,
-							 gsize			 bufsz);
diff --git a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-device.c b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-device.c
index 4ad683d3b..f71bd1800 100644
--- a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-device.c
+++ b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-device.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "fu-common.h"
 #include "fu-firmware.h"
 
 #include "fu-vli-pd-device.h"
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ fu_vli_pd_device_write_dual_firmware (FuVliPdDevice *self, GBytes *fw, GError **
 		g_prefix_error (error, "failed to read file CRC: ");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	crc_actual = fu_vli_common_crc16 (sbuf, sbufsz - 2);
+	crc_actual = fu_common_crc16 (sbuf, sbufsz - 2);
 	fu_device_set_status (FU_DEVICE (self), FWUPD_STATUS_DEVICE_WRITE);
 
 	/* update fw2 first if fw1 correct */
diff --git a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-firmware.c b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-firmware.c
index a3391ce9f..78891f79a 100644
--- a/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-firmware.c
+++ b/plugins/vli/fu-vli-pd-firmware.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include "fu-common.h"
+
 #include "fu-vli-pd-common.h"
 #include "fu-vli-pd-firmware.h"
 
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ fu_vli_pd_firmware_parse (FuFirmware *firmware,
 			g_prefix_error (error, "failed to read file CRC: ");
 			return FALSE;
 		}
-		crc_actual = fu_vli_common_crc16 (buf, bufsz - 2);
+		crc_actual = fu_common_crc16 (buf, bufsz - 2);
 		if (crc_actual != crc_file) {
 			g_set_error (error,
 				     FWUPD_ERROR,