diff --git a/hecl/include/hecl/SystemChar.hpp b/hecl/include/hecl/SystemChar.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07bef3c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hecl/include/hecl/SystemChar.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#ifndef SYSTEMCHAR_HPP
+#define SYSTEMCHAR_HPP
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#else
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 1
+#endif
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+#include <wchar.h>
+#endif
+#include <string>
+
+namespace hecl
+{
+
+#if HECL_UCS2
+typedef wchar_t SystemChar;
+static inline size_t StrLen(const SystemChar* str) {return wcslen(str);}
+typedef std::wstring SystemString;
+static inline void ToLower(SystemString& str)
+{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), towlower);}
+static inline void ToUpper(SystemString& str)
+{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), towupper);}
+class SystemUTF8View
+{
+    std::string m_utf8;
+public:
+    explicit SystemUTF8View(const SystemString& str)
+    : m_utf8(WideToUTF8(str)) {}
+    operator const std::string&() const {return m_utf8;}
+    const std::string& str() const {return m_utf8;}
+    const char* c_str() const {return m_utf8.c_str();}
+    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return m_utf8 + other;}
+    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return m_utf8 + other;}
+};
+inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+class SystemStringView
+{
+    std::wstring m_sys;
+public:
+    explicit SystemStringView(const std::string& str)
+    : m_sys(UTF8ToWide(str)) {}
+    operator const std::wstring&() const {return m_sys;}
+    const std::wstring& sys_str() const {return m_sys;}
+    const SystemChar* c_str() const {return m_sys.c_str();}
+    std::wstring operator+(const std::wstring& other) const {return m_sys + other;}
+    std::wstring operator+(const wchar_t* other) const {return m_sys + other;}
+};
+inline std::wstring operator+(const std::wstring& lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::wstring(rhs);}
+inline std::wstring operator+(const wchar_t* lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::wstring(rhs);}
+#ifndef _S
+#define _S(val) L ## val
+#endif
+typedef struct _stat Sstat;
+#else
+typedef char SystemChar;
+static inline size_t StrLen(const SystemChar* str) {return strlen(str);}
+typedef std::string SystemString;
+static inline void ToLower(SystemString& str)
+{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), tolower);}
+static inline void ToUpper(SystemString& str)
+{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), toupper);}
+class SystemUTF8View
+{
+    const std::string& m_utf8;
+public:
+    explicit SystemUTF8View(const SystemString& str)
+    : m_utf8(str) {}
+    operator const std::string&() const {return m_utf8;}
+    const std::string& str() const {return m_utf8;}
+    const char* c_str() const {return m_utf8.c_str();}
+    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return std::string(m_utf8) + other;}
+    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return std::string(m_utf8) + other;}
+};
+inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+class SystemStringView
+{
+    const std::string& m_sys;
+public:
+    explicit SystemStringView(const std::string& str)
+    : m_sys(str) {}
+    operator const std::string&() const {return m_sys;}
+    const std::string& sys_str() const {return m_sys;}
+    const SystemChar* c_str() const {return m_sys.c_str();}
+    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return m_sys + other;}
+    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return m_sys + other;}
+};
+inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
+#ifndef _S
+#define _S(val) val
+#endif
+typedef struct stat Sstat;
+#endif
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
index 38536411d..bca079c1c 100644
--- a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
+++ b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "logvisor/logvisor.hpp"
 #include <athena/Global.hpp>
 #include "../extern/boo/xxhash/xxhash.h"
+#include "SystemChar.hpp"
 
 namespace hecl
 {
@@ -79,88 +80,6 @@ ENABLE_BITWISE_ENUM(HNScale)
 
 std::string HumanizeNumber(int64_t quotient, size_t len, const char* suffix, int scale, HNFlags flags);
 
-#if HECL_UCS2
-typedef wchar_t SystemChar;
-static inline size_t StrLen(const SystemChar* str) {return wcslen(str);}
-typedef std::wstring SystemString;
-static inline void ToLower(SystemString& str)
-{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), towlower);}
-static inline void ToUpper(SystemString& str)
-{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), towupper);}
-class SystemUTF8View
-{
-    std::string m_utf8;
-public:
-    explicit SystemUTF8View(const SystemString& str)
-    : m_utf8(WideToUTF8(str)) {}
-    operator const std::string&() const {return m_utf8;}
-    const std::string& str() const {return m_utf8;}
-    const char* c_str() const {return m_utf8.c_str();}
-    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return m_utf8 + other;}
-    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return m_utf8 + other;}
-};
-inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-class SystemStringView
-{
-    std::wstring m_sys;
-public:
-    explicit SystemStringView(const std::string& str)
-    : m_sys(UTF8ToWide(str)) {}
-    operator const std::wstring&() const {return m_sys;}
-    const std::wstring& sys_str() const {return m_sys;}
-    const SystemChar* c_str() const {return m_sys.c_str();}
-    std::wstring operator+(const std::wstring& other) const {return m_sys + other;}
-    std::wstring operator+(const wchar_t* other) const {return m_sys + other;}
-};
-inline std::wstring operator+(const std::wstring& lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::wstring(rhs);}
-inline std::wstring operator+(const wchar_t* lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::wstring(rhs);}
-#ifndef _S
-#define _S(val) L ## val
-#endif
-typedef struct _stat Sstat;
-#else
-typedef char SystemChar;
-static inline size_t StrLen(const SystemChar* str) {return strlen(str);}
-typedef std::string SystemString;
-static inline void ToLower(SystemString& str)
-{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), tolower);}
-static inline void ToUpper(SystemString& str)
-{std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), toupper);}
-class SystemUTF8View
-{
-    const std::string& m_utf8;
-public:
-    explicit SystemUTF8View(const SystemString& str)
-    : m_utf8(str) {}
-    operator const std::string&() const {return m_utf8;}
-    const std::string& str() const {return m_utf8;}
-    const char* c_str() const {return m_utf8.c_str();}
-    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return std::string(m_utf8) + other;}
-    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return std::string(m_utf8) + other;}
-};
-inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemUTF8View& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-class SystemStringView
-{
-    const std::string& m_sys;
-public:
-    explicit SystemStringView(const std::string& str)
-    : m_sys(str) {}
-    operator const std::string&() const {return m_sys;}
-    const std::string& sys_str() const {return m_sys;}
-    const SystemChar* c_str() const {return m_sys.c_str();}
-    std::string operator+(const std::string& other) const {return m_sys + other;}
-    std::string operator+(const char* other) const {return m_sys + other;}
-};
-inline std::string operator+(const std::string& lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-inline std::string operator+(const char* lhs, const SystemStringView& rhs) {return lhs + std::string(rhs);}
-#ifndef _S
-#define _S(val) val
-#endif
-typedef struct stat Sstat;
-#endif
-
 void SanitizePath(std::string& path);
 void SanitizePath(std::wstring& path);
 
diff --git a/hecl/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/hecl/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index bd000edc2..77f3733fc 100644
--- a/hecl/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hecl/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ add_library(hecl-common
             ../include/hecl/Database.hpp
             ../include/hecl/Runtime.hpp
             ../include/hecl/ClientProcess.hpp
+            ../include/hecl/SystemChar.hpp
             ../include/hecl/BitVector.hpp
             ../include/hecl/MathExtras.hpp
             ../include/hecl/UniformBufferPool.hpp