diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a66553d87..47aa00c49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BITCOIN_SRC :=					\
 	bitcoin/pullpush.c			\
 	bitcoin/script.c			\
 	bitcoin/shadouble.c			\
+	bitcoin/short_channel_id.c		\
 	bitcoin/signature.c			\
 	bitcoin/tx.c				\
 	bitcoin/varint.c
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ BITCOIN_HEADERS := bitcoin/address.h		\
 	bitcoin/pullpush.h			\
 	bitcoin/script.h			\
 	bitcoin/shadouble.h			\
+	bitcoin/short_channel_id.h		\
 	bitcoin/signature.h			\
 	bitcoin/tx.h				\
 	bitcoin/varint.h
diff --git a/bitcoin/short_channel_id.c b/bitcoin/short_channel_id.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92e0e4719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitcoin/short_channel_id.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <bitcoin/short_channel_id.h>
+#include <ccan/tal/str/str.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+bool short_channel_id_from_str(const char *str, size_t strlen,
+			       struct short_channel_id *dst)
+{
+	u32 blocknum, txnum;
+	u16 outnum;
+	int matches;
+
+	char buf[strlen + 1];
+	memcpy(buf, str, strlen);
+	buf[strlen] = 0;
+
+	matches = sscanf(buf, "%u:%u:%hu", &blocknum, &txnum, &outnum);
+	dst->blocknum = blocknum;
+	dst->txnum = txnum;
+	dst->outnum = outnum;
+	return matches == 3;
+}
+
+char *short_channel_id_to_str(tal_t *ctx, const struct short_channel_id *scid)
+{
+	return tal_fmt(ctx, "%d:%d:%d", scid->blocknum, scid->txnum, scid->outnum);
+}
+
+bool short_channel_id_eq(const struct short_channel_id *a,
+			 const struct short_channel_id *b)
+{
+	return a->blocknum == b->blocknum && a->txnum == b->txnum &&
+	       a->outnum == b->outnum;
+}
diff --git a/bitcoin/short_channel_id.h b/bitcoin/short_channel_id.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb0118883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitcoin/short_channel_id.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef LIGHTNING_BITCOIN_SHORT_CHANNEL_ID_H
+#define LIGHTNING_BITCOIN_SHORT_CHANNEL_ID_H
+#include "config.h"
+#include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
+#include <ccan/tal/tal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Short Channel ID is composed of 3 bytes for the block height, 3
+ * bytes of tx index in block and 2 bytes of output index. The
+ * bitfield is mainly for unit tests where it is nice to be able to
+ * just memset them and not have to take care about the extra byte for
+ * u32 */
+struct short_channel_id {
+	u32 blocknum : 24;
+	u32 txnum : 24;
+	u16 outnum;
+};
+
+bool short_channel_id_from_str(const char *str, size_t strlen,
+			       struct short_channel_id *dst);
+
+bool short_channel_id_eq(const struct short_channel_id *a,
+			 const struct short_channel_id *b);
+
+char *short_channel_id_to_str(tal_t *ctx, const struct short_channel_id *scid);
+
+#endif /* LIGHTNING_BITCOIN_SHORT_CHANNEL_ID_H */
diff --git a/daemon/routing.c b/daemon/routing.c
index 4101e66e5..76f68d28d 100644
--- a/daemon/routing.c
+++ b/daemon/routing.c
@@ -477,25 +477,6 @@ static bool get_slash_u32(const char **arg, u32 *v)
 	return (endp == *arg);
 }
 
-bool short_channel_id_from_str(const char *str, size_t strlen,
-			       struct short_channel_id *dst)
-{
-	u32 blocknum, txnum;
-	u16 outnum;
-	int matches;
-
-	char buf[strlen + 1];
-	memcpy(buf, str, strlen);
-	buf[strlen] = 0;
-
-	matches = sscanf(buf, "%u:%u:%hu", &blocknum, &txnum, &outnum);
-	dst->blocknum = blocknum;
-	dst->txnum = txnum;
-	dst->outnum = outnum;
-	return matches == 3;
-}
-
-
 /* srcid/dstid/base/var/delay/minblocks */
 char *opt_add_route(const char *arg, struct lightningd_state *dstate)
 {
diff --git a/daemon/routing.h b/daemon/routing.h
index 899341415..bfc57b491 100644
--- a/daemon/routing.h
+++ b/daemon/routing.h
@@ -177,10 +177,4 @@ struct route_hop *get_route(tal_t *ctx, struct routing_state *rstate,
  * the direction bit the matching channel should get */
 #define get_channel_direction(from, to) (pubkey_cmp(from, to) > 0)
 
-bool short_channel_id_from_str(const char *str, size_t strlen,
-			       struct short_channel_id *dst);
-
-bool short_channel_id_eq(const struct short_channel_id *a,
-			 const struct short_channel_id *b);
-
 #endif /* LIGHTNING_DAEMON_ROUTING_H */
diff --git a/wire/peer_wire.c b/wire/peer_wire.c
index eb8d1a8df..09d994b3a 100644
--- a/wire/peer_wire.c
+++ b/wire/peer_wire.c
@@ -73,10 +73,3 @@ bool is_unknown_msg_discardable(const u8 *cursor)
 	enum wire_type t = fromwire_peektype(cursor);
 	return unknown_type(t) && (t & 1);
 }
-
-bool short_channel_id_eq(const struct short_channel_id *a,
-			 const struct short_channel_id *b)
-{
-	return a->blocknum == b->blocknum && a->txnum == b->txnum &&
-	       a->outnum == b->outnum;
-}
diff --git a/wire/wire.h b/wire/wire.h
index 7a0c381d1..8c0ce6177 100644
--- a/wire/wire.h
+++ b/wire/wire.h
@@ -4,21 +4,12 @@
 #include <bitcoin/privkey.h>
 #include <bitcoin/pubkey.h>
 #include <bitcoin/shadouble.h>
+#include <bitcoin/short_channel_id.h>
 #include <bitcoin/signature.h>
 #include <ccan/crypto/sha256/sha256.h>
 #include <ccan/short_types/short_types.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-/* Short Channel ID is composed of 3 bytes for the block height, 3
- * bytes of tx index in block and 2 bytes of output index. The
- * bitfield is mainly for unit tests where it is nice to be able to
- * just memset them and not have to take care about the extra byte for
- * u32 */
-struct short_channel_id {
-	u32 blocknum : 24;
-	u32 txnum : 24;
-	u16 outnum;
-};
 struct channel_id {
 	u8 id[32];
 };