diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1217a1192..61f1f75f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-03-07  Alvaro Lopez Ortega  <alvaro@octality.com>
 
+	* cherokee/util.c, cherokee/util.h, cherokee/buffer.c: Relocates
+	the hex_char to int array. It's global now.
+
 	* admin/PageVServer.py (PageVServer._render_rules_generic): Fixes
 	rule deletion. This's a regression introduced before the 0.99.3
 	release.
diff --git a/cherokee/buffer.c b/cherokee/buffer.c
index 640cfb414..7c529e581 100644
--- a/cherokee/buffer.c
+++ b/cherokee/buffer.c
@@ -1090,25 +1090,6 @@ cherokee_buffer_print_debug (cherokee_buffer_t *buf, int len)
 ret_t
 cherokee_buffer_unescape_uri (cherokee_buffer_t *buffer)
 {
-	static const char hex2dec_tab[256] = {
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 00-0F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 10-1F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 20-2F */
-		0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 30-3F */
-		0,10,11,12,13,14,15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 40-4F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 50-5F */
-		0,10,11,12,13,14,15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 60-6F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 70-7F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 80-8F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 90-9F */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* A0-AF */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* B0-BF */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* C0-CF */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* D0-DF */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* E0-EF */
-		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0   /* F0-FF */
-	};
-
 	char *psrc;
 	char *ptgt;
 	int   len;
diff --git a/cherokee/util.c b/cherokee/util.c
index a7f91cfc0..58a682884 100644
--- a/cherokee/util.c
+++ b/cherokee/util.c
@@ -78,6 +78,27 @@
 
 const char *cherokee_version    = PACKAGE_VERSION;
 
+
+const char hex2dec_tab[256] = {
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 00-0F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 10-1F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 20-2F */
+	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 30-3F */
+	0,10,11,12,13,14,15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 40-4F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 50-5F */
+	0,10,11,12,13,14,15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 60-6F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 70-7F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 80-8F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* 90-9F */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* A0-AF */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* B0-BF */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* C0-CF */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* D0-DF */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,  /* E0-EF */
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0   /* F0-FF */
+};
+
+
 /* Given an error number (errno) it returns an error string.
  * Parameters "buf" and "bufsize" are passed by caller
  * in order to make the function "thread safe".
diff --git a/cherokee/util.h b/cherokee/util.h
index f147aa746..0a58b95aa 100644
--- a/cherokee/util.h
+++ b/cherokee/util.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ char *strcasestr (register char *s, register char *find);
 void *rpl_malloc (size_t n);
 #endif
 
+extern const char hex2dec_tab[256];
 
 /* String management functions
  */