diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 905ba1ff..2dde7415 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ LIB_SOURCES =	src/libhttp.c					\
 		src/httplib_process_new_connection.c		\
 		src/httplib_produce_socket.c			\
 		src/httplib_reset_per_request_attributes.c	\
+		src/httplib_set_acl_option.c			\
 		src/httplib_set_sock_timeout.c			\
 		src/httplib_set_tcp_nodelay.c			\
 		src/httplib_start.c				\
diff --git a/src/httplib_set_acl_option.c b/src/httplib_set_acl_option.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3bdd002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/httplib_set_acl_option.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Lammert Bies
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 the Civetweb developers
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 Sergey Lyubka
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+
+
+#include "libhttp-private.h"
+
+
+
+/*
+ * int XX_httplib_set_acl_option( struct mg_context *ctx );
+ *
+ * The function XX_httplib_set_acl_option() sets the ACL option for a context.
+ */
+
+int XX_httplib_set_acl_option( struct mg_context *ctx ) {
+
+	return XX_httplib_check_acl( ctx, (uint32_t)0x7f000001UL ) != -1;
+
+}  /* XX_httplib_set_acl_option */
diff --git a/src/libhttp.c b/src/libhttp.c
index 14e35a18..ac0495bf 100644
--- a/src/libhttp.c
+++ b/src/libhttp.c
@@ -8967,10 +8967,3 @@ int XX_httplib_set_gpass_option( struct mg_context *ctx ) {
 	return 0;
 
 }  /* XX_httplib_set_gpass_option */
-
-
-int XX_httplib_set_acl_option(struct mg_context *ctx) {
-
-	return XX_httplib_check_acl(ctx, (uint32_t)0x7f000001UL) != -1;
-
-}  /* XX_httplib_set_acl_option */