diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/platform/common/byte_order.h b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/common/byte_order.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5726dec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/common/byte_order.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#ifndef BYTE_ORDER_H
+#define BYTE_ORDER_H
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace Shared{ namespace PlatformByteOrder {
+
+template<class T> T EndianReverse(T t) {
+	unsigned char uc[sizeof t];
+	memcpy(uc, &t, sizeof t);
+
+	for (unsigned char *b = uc, *e = uc + sizeof(T) - 1; b < e; ++b, --e) {
+		std::swap(*b, *e);
+	}
+	memcpy(&t, uc, sizeof t);
+	return t;
+}
+
+static bool isBigEndian() {
+	short n = 0x1;
+	return (*(char*)(&n) == 0x0);
+}
+
+
+template<class T> T toCommonEndian(T t) {
+	static bool bigEndianSystem = isBigEndian();
+	if(bigEndianSystem == true) {
+		t = EndianReverse(t);
+	}
+	return t;
+}
+
+template<class T> T fromCommonEndian(T t) {
+	static bool bigEndianSystem = isBigEndian();
+	if(bigEndianSystem == true) {
+		t = EndianReverse(t);
+	}
+	return t;
+}
+
+}}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/byte_order.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/byte_order.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf393ed77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/byte_order.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// ==============================================================
+//	This file is part of MegaGlest (www.megaglest.org)
+//
+//	Copyright (C) 2012 Mark Vejvoda
+//
+//	You can redistribute this code and/or modify it under
+//	the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+//	by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+//	License, or (at your option) any later version
+// ==============================================================
+
+#include "byte_order.h"
+
+namespace Shared{ namespace PlatformByteOrder{
+
+
+}};