diff --git a/board/menlo/m53menlo/m53menlo.c b/board/menlo/m53menlo/m53menlo.c
index f2227f6992..a63af5fae0 100644
--- a/board/menlo/m53menlo/m53menlo.c
+++ b/board/menlo/m53menlo/m53menlo.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <asm/spl.h>
 #include <fdt_support.h>
 #include <fsl_esdhc_imx.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 #include <ipu_pixfmt.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
diff --git a/cmd/bmp.c b/cmd/bmp.c
index 00f0256a30..d2a39f677f 100644
--- a/cmd/bmp.c
+++ b/cmd/bmp.c
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
-#include <dm.h>
-#include <lcd.h>
-#include <mapmem.h>
 #include <bmp_layout.h>
 #include <command.h>
-#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
+#include <lcd.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 #include <splash.h>
 #include <video.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
 static int bmp_info (ulong addr);
 
diff --git a/cmd/config.c b/cmd/config.c
index fcc9116a49..d2810d573b 100644
--- a/cmd/config.c
+++ b/cmd/config.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 
 #include "config_data_gz.h"
diff --git a/cmd/fpga.c b/cmd/fpga.c
index eba989a730..9fc2df699d 100644
--- a/cmd/fpga.c
+++ b/cmd/fpga.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <command.h>
 #include <fpga.h>
 #include <fs.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 
 static long do_fpga_get_device(char *arg)
diff --git a/cmd/license.c b/cmd/license.c
index 1c0794f095..c5b04c331b 100644
--- a/cmd/license.c
+++ b/cmd/license.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 
 #include "license_data_gz.h"
diff --git a/cmd/unzip.c b/cmd/unzip.c
index 6c0f97cb4b..8474d9becf 100644
--- a/cmd/unzip.c
+++ b/cmd/unzip.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 
 static int do_unzip(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 {
diff --git a/cmd/ximg.c b/cmd/ximg.c
index 9e53cc4557..920a80edc8 100644
--- a/cmd/ximg.c
+++ b/cmd/ximg.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <image.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 #include <watchdog.h>
diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 495883185d..719229cc43 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <rtc.h>
 
 #include <environment.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <image.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_fit.c b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
index 969f7775c1..2e2e09eafb 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_fit.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fpga.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <image.h>
 #include <linux/libfdt.h>
 #include <spl.h>
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c b/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
index fa539ecd7a..20f4260062 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * Matt Porter <mporter@ti.com>
  */
 #include <common.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <spl.h>
 #include <xyzModem.h>
 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
diff --git a/drivers/video/cfb_console.c b/drivers/video/cfb_console.c
index 636c3e8c18..ac02921d46 100644
--- a/drivers/video/cfb_console.c
+++ b/drivers/video/cfb_console.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <fdtdec.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <version.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <video.h>
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.c b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.c
index d5101d3c45..72e8a24d3b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <memalign.h>
 #include "ubifs.h"
 #include <u-boot/zlib.h>
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 2c21dee850..d337f68bc4 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -428,51 +428,6 @@ void	wait_ticks    (unsigned long);
 ulong	usec2ticks    (unsigned long usec);
 ulong	ticks2usec    (unsigned long ticks);
 
-/* lib/gunzip.c */
-int gzip_parse_header(const unsigned char *src, unsigned long len);
-int gunzip(void *, int, unsigned char *, unsigned long *);
-int zunzip(void *dst, int dstlen, unsigned char *src, unsigned long *lenp,
-						int stoponerr, int offset);
-
-/**
- * gzwrite progress indicators: defined weak to allow board-specific
- * overrides:
- *
- *	gzwrite_progress_init called on startup
- *	gzwrite_progress called during decompress/write loop
- *	gzwrite_progress_finish called at end of loop to
- *		indicate success (retcode=0) or failure
- */
-void gzwrite_progress_init(u64 expected_size);
-
-void gzwrite_progress(int iteration,
-		     u64 bytes_written,
-		     u64 total_bytes);
-
-void gzwrite_progress_finish(int retcode,
-			     u64 totalwritten,
-			     u64 totalsize,
-			     u32 expected_crc,
-			     u32 calculated_crc);
-
-/**
- * decompress and write gzipped image from memory to block device
- *
- * @param	src		compressed image address
- * @param	len		compressed image length in bytes
- * @param	dev		block device descriptor
- * @param	szwritebuf	bytes per write (pad to erase size)
- * @param	startoffs	offset in bytes of first write
- * @param	szexpected	expected uncompressed length
- *				may be zero to use gzip trailer
- *				for files under 4GiB
- */
-int gzwrite(unsigned char *src, int len,
-	    struct blk_desc *dev,
-	    unsigned long szwritebuf,
-	    u64 startoffs,
-	    u64 szexpected);
-
 /* lib/lz4_wrapper.c */
 int ulz4fn(const void *src, size_t srcn, void *dst, size_t *dstn);
 
@@ -506,13 +461,6 @@ unsigned int rand_r(unsigned int *seedp);
 int	serial_printf (const char *fmt, ...)
 		__attribute__ ((format (__printf__, 1, 2)));
 
-/* lib/gzip.c */
-int gzip(void *dst, unsigned long *lenp,
-		unsigned char *src, unsigned long srclen);
-int zzip(void *dst, unsigned long *lenp, unsigned char *src,
-		unsigned long srclen, int stoponerr,
-		int (*func)(unsigned long, unsigned long));
-
 /* lib/net_utils.c */
 #include <net.h>
 static inline struct in_addr env_get_ip(char *var)
diff --git a/include/gzip.h b/include/gzip.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e340673c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gzip.h
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2009
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GZIP_H
+#define __GZIP_H
+
+/**
+ * gzip_parse_header() - Parse a header from a gzip file
+ *
+ * This returns the length of the header.
+ *
+ * @src: Pointer to gzip file
+ * @len: Length of data
+ * @return length of header in bytes, or -1 if not enough data
+ */
+int gzip_parse_header(const unsigned char *src, unsigned long len);
+
+/**
+ * gunzip() - Decompress gzipped data
+ *
+ * @dst: Destination for uncompressed data
+ * @dstlen: Size of destination buffer
+ * @src: Source data to decompress
+ * @lenp: Returns length of uncompressed data
+ * @return 0 if OK, -1 on error
+ */
+int gunzip(void *dst, int dstlen, unsigned char *src, unsigned long *lenp);
+
+/**
+ * zunzip() - Uncompress blocks compressed with zlib without headers
+ *
+ * @dst: Destination for uncompressed data
+ * @dstlen: Size of destination buffer
+ * @src: Source data to decompress
+ * @lenp: On entry, length data at @src. On exit, number of bytes used from @src
+ * @stoponerr: 0 to continue when a decode error is found, 1 to stop
+ * @offset: start offset within the src buffer
+ * @return 0 if OK, -1 on error
+ */
+int zunzip(void *dst, int dstlen, unsigned char *src, unsigned long *lenp,
+	   int stoponerr, int offset);
+
+/**
+ * gzwrite progress indicators: defined weak to allow board-specific
+ * overrides:
+ *
+ *	gzwrite_progress_init called on startup
+ *	gzwrite_progress called during decompress/write loop
+ *	gzwrite_progress_finish called at end of loop to
+ *		indicate success (retcode=0) or failure
+ */
+void gzwrite_progress_init(u64 expected_size);
+
+void gzwrite_progress(int iteration, u64 bytes_written, u64 total_bytes);
+
+void gzwrite_progress_finish(int retcode, u64 totalwritten, u64 totalsize,
+			     u32 expected_crc, u32 calculated_crc);
+
+/**
+ * gzwrite() - decompress and write gzipped image from memory to block device
+ *
+ * @src:	compressed image address
+ * @len:	compressed image length in bytes
+ * @dev:	block device descriptor
+ * @szwritebuf:	bytes per write (pad to erase size)
+ * @startoffs:	offset in bytes of first write
+ * @szexpected:	expected uncompressed length, may be zero to use gzip trailer
+ *		for files under 4GiB
+ * @return 0 if OK, -1 on error
+ */
+int gzwrite(unsigned char *src, int len, struct blk_desc *dev, ulong szwritebuf,
+	    u64 startoffs, u64 szexpected);
+
+/**
+ * gzip()- Compress data into a buffer using the gzip algorithm
+ *
+ * @dst: Destination buffer for compressed data
+ * @lenp: On entry, space available in destination buffer (in bytes). On exit,
+ *	number of bytes used in the buffer
+ * @src: Source data to compress
+ * @srclen: Size of source data
+ * @return 0 if OK, -1 on error
+ */
+int gzip(void *dst, unsigned long *lenp, unsigned char *src, ulong srclen);
+
+/**
+ * zzip() - Compress blocks with zlib
+ *
+ * @dst: Destination for compressed data
+ * @lenp: On entry, length data at @dst. On exit, number of bytes written to
+ *	@dst
+ * @src: Source data to compress
+ * @srclen: Size of source data
+ * @stoponerr: 0 to continue when a decode error is found, 1 to stop
+ * @func: Some sort of function that is called to do something. !ADD DOCS HERE!
+ */
+int zzip(void *dst, ulong *lenp, unsigned char *src, ulong srclen,
+	 int stoponerr, int (*func)(ulong, ulong));
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/fdtdec.c b/lib/fdtdec.c
index 3ee786b579..464de5b3b5 100644
--- a/lib/fdtdec.c
+++ b/lib/fdtdec.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fdtdec.h>
 #include <fdt_support.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 #include <linux/libfdt.h>
 #include <serial.h>
diff --git a/lib/gunzip.c b/lib/gunzip.c
index 15c7b2c932..1d65616c13 100644
--- a/lib/gunzip.c
+++ b/lib/gunzip.c
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
-#include <watchdog.h>
 #include <command.h>
 #include <console.h>
+#include <div64.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <image.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <memalign.h>
+#include <watchdog.h>
 #include <u-boot/zlib.h>
-#include <div64.h>
 
 #define HEADER0			'\x1f'
 #define HEADER1			'\x8b'
diff --git a/lib/gzip.c b/lib/gzip.c
index 674d732fe6..c6c0ec880c 100644
--- a/lib/gzip.c
+++ b/lib/gzip.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <watchdog.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <image.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <memalign.h>
diff --git a/test/compression.c b/test/compression.c
index dc5e94684f..08fef59d0a 100644
--- a/test/compression.c
+++ b/test/compression.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <bootm.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <gzip.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <mapmem.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>