diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.cpp
index 32cdbe11f..c4c6e5900 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ AtticaManager::pathFromId( const QString& resolverId ) const
     return m_resolverStates.value( resolverId ).scriptPath;
 }
 
+
 void
 AtticaManager::uploadRating( const Content& c )
 {
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ AtticaManager::uploadRating( const Content& c )
     emit resolverStateChanged( c.id() );
 }
 
+
 bool
 AtticaManager::userHasRated( const Content& c ) const
 {
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ AtticaManager::resolverIconFetched()
     m_resolverStates[ resolverId ].pixmap = icon;
 }
 
+
 void
 AtticaManager::syncServerData()
 {
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ AtticaManager::syncServerData()
             if ( ( r.state == Installed || r.state == NeedsUpgrade ) &&
                  !upstream.version().isEmpty() )
             {
-                if ( newerVersion( r.version, upstream.version() ) )
+                if ( TomahawkUtils::newerVersion( r.version, upstream.version() ) )
                 {
                     m_resolverStates[ id ].state = NeedsUpgrade;
                     QMetaObject::invokeMethod( this, "upgradeResolver", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG( Attica::Content, upstream ) );
@@ -283,57 +286,6 @@ AtticaManager::syncServerData()
     }
 }
 
-bool
-AtticaManager::newerVersion( const QString& older, const QString& newer ) const
-{
-    // Version comparison: turns X.Y.Z into XYZ (adding 0 to X.Y. and 00 to X respectively)
-    if ( older.isEmpty() || newer.isEmpty() )
-        return false;
-
-    QString oldDigits = older;
-    oldDigits = oldDigits.replace( ".", "" );
-    int oldDigitsInt;
-
-    if ( oldDigits.size() == 1 )
-    {
-        oldDigitsInt = oldDigits.append("00").toInt();
-    }
-    else if ( oldDigits.size() == 2 )
-    {
-        oldDigitsInt = oldDigits.append("0").toInt();
-    }
-    else if ( oldDigits.size() == 3 )
-    {
-        oldDigitsInt = oldDigits.toInt();
-    }
-    else
-        return false;
-    
-    QString newDigits = newer;
-    newDigits = newDigits.replace( ".", "");
-    int newDigitsInt;
-
-    if ( newDigits.size() == 1 )
-    {
-        newDigitsInt = newDigits.append("00").toInt();
-    }
-    else if ( newDigits.size() == 2 )
-    {
-        newDigitsInt = newDigits.append("0").toInt();
-    }
-    else if ( newDigits.size() == 3 )
-    {
-        newDigitsInt = newDigits.toInt();    
-    }
-    else
-        return false;
-
-    // Do the comparison
-    if ( newDigitsInt > oldDigitsInt )
-        return true;
-
-    return false;
-}
 
 void
 AtticaManager::installResolver( const Content& resolver )
@@ -354,6 +306,7 @@ AtticaManager::installResolver( const Content& resolver )
     job->start();
 }
 
+
 void
 AtticaManager::upgradeResolver( const Content& resolver )
 {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.h b/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.h
index 783123760..bff352df9 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/AtticaManager.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ private slots:
     void resolverIconFetched();
 
     void syncServerData();
-    bool newerVersion( const QString& older, const QString& newer ) const;
 
 private:
     QString extractPayload( const QString& filename, const QString& resolverId ) const;
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.cpp
index 2e6fbb465..4fac3f113 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ setNam( QNetworkAccessManager* nam, bool noMutexLocker )
             if ( !s->proxyNoProxyHosts().isEmpty() )
                 proxyFactory->setNoProxyHosts( s->proxyNoProxyHosts().split( ',', QString::SkipEmptyParts ) );
         }
-        
+
         nam->setProxyFactory( proxyFactory );
         s_threadNamHash[ QThread::currentThread() ] = nam;
         s_threadProxyFactoryHash[ QThread::currentThread() ] = proxyFactory;
@@ -514,6 +514,35 @@ setNam( QNetworkAccessManager* nam, bool noMutexLocker )
 }
 
 
+bool
+newerVersion( const QString& oldVersion, const QString& newVersion )
+{
+    if ( oldVersion.isEmpty() || newVersion.isEmpty() )
+        return false;
+
+    QStringList oldVList = oldVersion.split( ".", QString::SkipEmptyParts );
+    QStringList newVList = newVersion.split( ".", QString::SkipEmptyParts );
+
+    int i = 0;
+    foreach ( const QString& nvPart, newVList )
+    {
+        if ( i + 1 > oldVList.count() )
+            return true;
+
+        int nviPart = nvPart.toInt();
+        int oviPart = oldVList.at( i++ ).toInt();
+
+        if ( nviPart > oviPart )
+            return true;
+
+        if ( nviPart < oviPart )
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 void
 crash()
 {
@@ -521,6 +550,7 @@ crash()
     *a = 1;
 }
 
+
 // taken from util/fileutils.cpp in kdevplatform
 bool
 removeDirectory( const QString& dir )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.h
index 91c85355d..10845b8d0 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/tomahawkutils.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
     DLLEXPORT QString ageToString( const QDateTime& time, bool appendAgoString = false );
     DLLEXPORT QString filesizeToString( unsigned int size );
     DLLEXPORT QString extensionToMimetype( const QString& extension );
+    DLLEXPORT bool newerVersion( const QString& oldVersion, const QString& newVersion );
 
     DLLEXPORT NetworkProxyFactory* proxyFactory( bool noMutexLocker = false );
     DLLEXPORT QNetworkAccessManager* nam();